{"id":2025010,"date":"2023-09-07T18:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T22:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-claims-to-bust-us-backed-network-fostering-anti-regime-riots\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T18:20:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T22:20:34","slug":"iran-claims-to-bust-us-backed-network-fostering-anti-regime-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-claims-to-bust-us-backed-network-fostering-anti-regime-riots\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran says it exposes US-supported network fueling anti-government protests."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-claims-to-bust-us-backed-network-fostering-anti-regime-riots%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2025010&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h2>Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi (Photo by Atta Kenare\/AFP via Getty \u200cImages)<\/h2>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Iran Claims to Disrupt U.S.-Supported Network Plotting Riots<\/h3>\n<p>Iran claimed on Thursday that its security forces had disrupted \u200ca U.S.-supported\u2062 network of foreign agitators who were plotting riots meant to\u200b overthrow the\u200b country&#8217;s \u200chardline government.\u200b These comments are drawing speculation \u2064that the regime\u2064 is increasingly nervous about a fresh \u2062wave of popular protests that challenge its grip on power.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s Intelligence Ministry, in\u2063 cooperation with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps intelligence unit, busted \u200d&#8221;a foreign-affiliated network&#8221; that it says was planning to renew a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-dissidents-claim-biden-state-dept-hire-is-pro-regime-advocate\/\" title=\"Iranian Dissidents Claim Biden State Dept Hire is Pro-Regime Advocate\">protest movement<\/a> that \u2063erupted \u2062across the Islamic Republic following \u200cthe brutal murder \u2062of a young woman at the \u200chands\u2062 of Tehran&#8217;s morality police.\u2063 Iran claims the \u2064U.S. State Department \u200bfunded and supported the anti-regime network.<\/p>\n<p>But the claims, which were presented by Iran&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mi-judge-orders-dem-sec-of-state-to-release-all-communications-with-dominion-facebook-apple-amazon-and-google\/\" title=\"MI Judge Orders Dem Sec of State To Release All Communications With Dominion, Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google\">state-controlled media<\/a> without evidence, indicate\u200c the Iranian\u2062 regime may be seeking to use the\u200b U.S. government as a scapegoat before the ongoing protest\u2064 movement launches \u2062a new wave of demonstrations\u200c to bring down the hardline Islamic government, according to \u2064one former Pentagon adviser.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s put aside the notion of any State Department involvement,&#8221; said Michael Rubin, a veteran Middle\u200b East analyst who has \u200cconsulted \u200cwith the American government and \u200cworks\u200b as a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute think tank. &#8220;Iran&#8217;s \u2062ayatollahs have no better friend than\u2062 [Secretary of State] Antony Blinken, [National Security Adviser] Jake Sullivan, and, if he&#8217;s awake, Joe Biden. Most important, never forget: Iranians have agency [and] they don&#8217;t need foreigners\u2064 to teach them about freedom or \u2062protesting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. involvement in Iran&#8217;s protest movement is unlikely \u2062under the\u2063 Biden administration, Rubin said, \u2062and such claims are mainly disseminated to delegitimize the country&#8217;s legitimate anti-regime activists.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the exposure of a U.S.-funded network in Iran would most certainly stall any \u2064talks surrounding a new nuclear \u2064deal. Iran&#8217;s government often claims the\u2064 United States and Israel are fomenting\u2064 chaos in the country as\u200b part of a bid to take down the hardline Islamic government, though it rarely presents evidence to support these \u200bclaims.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The\u200b members of the group operated with \u200dfinancial support from the U.S. State Department&#8221; \u2062and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-claims-to-bust-us-backed-network-fostering-anti-regime-riots\/\" title=\"Iran says it exposes US-supported network fueling anti-government protests.\">pro-democracy advocacy groups based<\/a> in America\u2064 and elsewhere, \u2063Iran&#8217;s Intelligence Ministry and IRGC\u200d said in a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/205727\/Iran-intelligence-forces-dismantle-network-planning-riots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joint statement<\/a>. Iran&#8217;s security\u2063 services also identified &#8220;a number of members of\u200c the network.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Those involved are charged with &#8220;networking women and planning \u2063riots&#8221; across the country to keep popular pressure on\u200c the hardline \u200dgovernment. The \u200balleged network also\u200b provided &#8220;training to\u200b elements \u200binside and outside Iran \u2062by holding free online courses for civil and women activists,&#8221; \u2063the statement additionally said.<\/p>\n<p>The group&#8217;s goal, Iran claims, is to &#8220;revive \u200dan environment of tension and riot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The State\u200b Department declined to comment on the allegations or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/green-activist-tied-to-top-dems-cant-account-for-millions-given-to-her-bail-fund\/\" title=\"Green Activist Tied To Top Dems Can\u2019t Account For Millions Given To Her Bail Fund\">answer specific questions<\/a> about the\u2062 validity of Iran\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s \u200bclaims of\u200c a U.S. plot indicate the regime is on weak footing and\u200d looking for a scapegoat, according to Rubin, the former Pentagon adviser.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That the regime is alleging a foreign plot \u2064today suggests Iran is \u200cfar weaker than many Americans realize,&#8221; Rubin said. &#8220;Perhaps a strong dose of maximum pressure \u2064might be\u2064 the\u200d medicine Iranians need to get rid of \u2062the cancer the \u2063ayatollahs&#8217;\u2063 regime represents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Iran has issued similar claims of foreign meddling in the past \u200dseveral months\u2063 and years.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d country <a href=\"https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/205428\/Iran-foils-major-Mossad-sabotage-attempt-on-defense-industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> at the end of\u2062 August that it had successfully thwarted a &#8220;complicated sabotage plot designed&#8221; by Israel and aimed at Iran&#8217;s\u2063 defense industry. These claims could\u200c carry weight, as Israel has repeatedly infiltrated the country and disrupted its nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p>Iran also <a href=\"https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/205390\/Terrorist-Zionist-network-in-4-Iranian-provinces-targeted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> in July and August that it apprehended members of\u200b a \u2064&#8221;Zionist-terrorist network in several provinces of the country&#8221; and\u200d arrested &#8220;14\u2062 terrorists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&#8217;s president, Ebrahim Raisi, announced that the country&#8217;s security forces have thwarted a U.S.-backed network of foreign agitators planning to incite riots and overthrow the hardline government. This has sparked speculation that the regime is growing anxious about potential new waves of popular protests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":2025011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2025010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}