In this episode of The Brink, Iranian researcher and analyst Kasra Aarabi joins us. He has extensive networks within Iran’s protest movement and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, offering a sobering and urgent account of the situation on the ground.

Drawing on documents obtained from inside IRGC headquarters and direct contact with protest leaders, our guest explains how the regime’s vast infrastructure of repression operates at every level of Iranian society. We discuss the use of military-grade weapons against unarmed civilians, the scale of arrests and executions, and why the death toll is likely far higher than officially reported.

The conversation explores how Iran’s violence is no longer contained within its borders. From regime-sponsored attacks on British soil to the radicalisation of children in the UK, we examine why what happens in Iran directly threatens Britain’s national security. We also confront the failure of Western governments to proscribe the IRGC, the silence of political leaders, and the dangerous double standards applied by the media and international institutions.

Finally, we look ahead to what comes next. We discuss the prospects for regime collapse, the role of external pressure, the risks of insurgency, and what a post-Islamic Republic Iran could realistically look like. From a secular republic to a constitutional monarchy, we ask what the Iranian people actually want and what the West should do if it truly believes in freedom and human rights.

This is a powerful and unsettling conversation about tyranny, courage, and why Iran’s struggle matters far beyond its borders.

Watch the full uncut interview HERE: https://open.substack.com/pub/thebrinkpodcast/p/the-real-death-toll-in-iran-and-why?r=63dafp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Chapters

00:00 – Introduction

02:30 – Death Tolls, Internet Blackouts & Brutal Crackdowns

04:50 – Kasra’s Background & Inside Access to the Regime

06:28 – Understanding the IRGC From the Inside

08:17 – Regime Threats on British Soil

11:10 – Why What Happens in Iran Affects the UK

12:15 – Why Britain Refuses to Proscribe the IRGC

15:30 – Iran’s Infrastructure of Radicalisation in Britain

18:14 – Indoctrination, Antisemitism & Islamist Ideology

20:38 – The Silence of the Western Left on Iran

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