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Fox News aired a hard-hitting discussion on January 1, 2026, as panelists Rebeccah Heinrichs and Jamil Jaffer laid bare the unrest shaking Iran and what it means for American national security. The clip made clear that these are not isolated pocket protests but a growing national backlash over economic collapse and regime mismanagement that the world can no longer ignore.
Iranians are taking to the streets because their wallets are empty and basic goods have become luxuries, not luxuries of convenience but necessities they can no longer afford. Eyewitness accounts and reporting describe refrigerators without food and a currency in free fall, turning everyday survival into a political flashpoint against Tehran’s failed priorities.
This unrest is not cost-of-living grumbling that the clerical regime can paper over; it has turned deadly in places, with multiple protest-related fatalities reported as demonstrations spread. When citizens start dying in significant numbers over bread and power, you’re not looking at a nuisance protest — you’re looking at a regime on borrowed time.
Worse, the regime is responding the way tyrannies always do: weaponizing technology, deploying ruthless suppression tactics and even reportedly using minors to do its dirty work. These desperate measures expose a government that knows it is losing legitimacy at home even while it pours resources into exporting terror and chaos abroad.
Conservatives must recognize what the Fox panelists said plainly — Iran needs to get its house in order, and the free world can’t reward or enable a government that crushes its own people while funding terrorists. America should not stumble into appeasement; we should tighten sanctions, choke off Tehran’s proxy networks, and make clear that supporting Hamas and other killers carries a heavy cost.
Let’s be honest and blunt: our allies in Israel face evil groups that must be neutralized, and weak-kneed diplomacy that excuses terror only emboldens our enemies. The choice is simple — stand with freedom, stand with our friends, and back policies that deprive tyrants of the means to export violence to our shores.
Hardworking Americans should demand a foreign policy that matches our values and our strength: defend allies, punish sponsors of terror, and speak loudly for human dignity. The people of Iran deserve better than mullahs and militias, and America must lead the effort to ensure the forces of liberty prevail.
