A new coalition of Iranian opposition groups in the restive southeastern provinces of Sistan and Baluchistan and Kerman in the Islamic Republic have launched a string of armed attacks against the clerical regime in the region.The six strikes claimed by the coalition known as the People’s Fighters Front (JMM) have contributed to instability in the provinces, raising pressing questions about whether armed resistance against the clerical regime in Tehran will spread and if the regime can retain control over Sistan and Baluchistan, which is a majority Iranian Sunni province.Iran is largely a Shiite Muslim country, and the minority Iranian Sunni population has faced discrimination over the decades.Sistan and Baluchistan is the second largest of the 31 Iranian provinces.MOJTABA KHAMENEI DEFIES ‘MALICIOUS’ ATTACKS AS US ARMY ZEROES IN ON IRAN’S 350,000 TROOPSSistan and Baluchistan, Iran.
(Mohammad /Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)Mardo Soghom, an Iran expert who has written extensively about the Islamic Republic, told Fox News Digital, "The Sunni unrest can stretch the regime's military and internal security capabilities and have a psychological impact on its forces, in addition to what they experienced during the 40-day operation by the U.S.and Israel.
The armed groups would not be able to establish control of the south-east, but they can seriously weaken the regime's control."He added, "Whether these forces are receiving assistance from the Islamic Republic's adversaries — being that the Gulf Arab states or even Israel and the U.S.— remains an open question."Protesters and members of Iranian paramilitary Basij forces march next to the fourth generation Khorramshahr ballistic missile Khaibar displayed during an anti-Israeli rally to show their solidarity with Palestinians in Tehran on Nov.
24, 2023.(Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)According to an October Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) report, "The pace of v...