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How Iran has changed, and how it hasn’t, in two months of war

paramilitary fighters inside Iran to help them control the situation, with Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) or Hashd al-Shaabi and other armed foreign groups proudly [parading in the streets of Tehran](/news/2026/3/30/loyalty-campaign-iraqi-armed-groups-in-iran-as-us-talks-of-ground

Iran’s authorities project hardened stance with more talks on horizon

paramilitary forces, to take to the streets every night in order to maintain control. In a rally in downtown Tehran on Friday night, Meysam Motiei, a prominent state-backed religious singer with links