Hugh Hewitt: Watching What’s Left of the Iranian Regime

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Monday, July 20, 2026

President Trump was a guest on my program last week. He put the number

of Iranians massacred by the regime over two days in January at 52,000! —so we know the ruthlessness of the men in charge in Iran.

In light of that, it is entirely understandable that the Iranian people are reticent to take to the streets again.

And this has become clear: the current public faces of the rump regime in don’t have any authority over the killers with the guns.

Eli Lake is among the most respected national security reporters in the U.S. He explained to me last week how the history of regime collapses tells us we ought to be watching for splits within the ranks of those men with guns.

That’s how revolutions against dictators begin and then gain momentum—when a cadre see the end game and don’t want to be on the wrong side when everything falls apart.

Watch closely. It only takes a few people to crack the whole of the IRGC tyranny.