Sistan and Baluchestan Province
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Oct 27, 2026
Jonathan SpyerGUEST
We're talking about two provinces.
Jonathan SpyerGUEST
One is Sistan-Balochistan on the border there with Pakistan.
Jonathan SpyerGUEST
The other is Kurdistan on the border with Iraqi Kurdistan.
Jonathan SpyerGUEST
And both these areas are characterized by the presence of de facto insurgent forces on the ground.
Dimitri KalyuginHOST
There may be, of course, naval activity also taking place on the Hormuz coast against Iran.
Dimitri KalyuginHOST
Of course, some of the islands may be implicated in that, Balochistan, Sistan provinces, Of course, the U.S. amphibian operations in the southeast corner of the Iranian mainland, adjacent to Pakistan, of course, all of those operations could still take place, and they most likely will when the U.S., of course, pushes the accelerator.
Dimitri KalyuginHOST
However, the Kurdish distraction or the Kurdish incursion over the Iraqi-Iranian border is still highly likely, and the possibility, I think, has been envisioned by Iran, which has sent diplomats to Iraq.
Dimitri KalyuginHOST
And this week, they've actually had discussions, and this is reported by Arab news sources throughout the Middle East.
Eric MandelGUEST
Everybody kind of agrees that Iran is an existential threat.
Negar MojtahediHOST
Also ahead, a surge in armed attacks in Iran's southeastern province of Sistan and Balochistan.
Negar MojtahediHOST
Dozens of confrontations, scores of deaths, and a growing coalition of armed Baloch groups are now calling for political change across Iran.
Negar MojtahediHOST
Is this a regional insurgency or the beginning of something much bigger? And what about the Baloch people, who have endured decades of discrimination and repression?
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Negar MojtahediHOST
You're talking to American officials.
Negar MojtahediHOST
You're also in the Knesset talking to Israeli officials.
Negar MojtahediHOST
What would that more severe look like? I mean, we've been seeing a lot of unrest recently, a lot of armed conflict with groups in Sistan, Balochistan, in Kurdistan.
Negar MojtahediHOST
In fact, there's been strikes by the Iranian regime into the PAK inside of Iraq.
Charlie GammellGUEST
And if you look at, for example, the appointment of Hossein Tayyab as head of the Basij and the securitization of the Islamic Republic since both January and the war, it does suggest a government that is really concerned about domestic stability.
Charlie GammellGUEST
And something that's flown under the radar quite a lot is in Sistan Balochistan on the sort of Pakistani border bit of Iran, there have been, there's a sort of state of, I wouldn't say civil war, but there's a low level insurgency there that is resulting in the deaths of IRGC officers.
Charlie GammellGUEST
And that insurgency is being communicated domestically in Iran by the government to its army soldiers as this is Israel basically attacking us.
Charlie GammellGUEST
And that goes back to the question of why haven't people protested? It's because when there is this sense of war and this ongoing conflict with the U.S., any protester that comes out on the street will suddenly be labeled the fifth columnist, suddenly be...
Bryan Dean WrightHOST
I've had a bunch of folks on Substack ask me about this.
Bryan Dean WrightHOST
The New Arab is reporting on the continued unrest in the area of Balochistan, Iran, which, as you might recall, is that very restive province that sits in the extreme southeast of Iran.
Bryan Dean WrightHOST
And, of course, those Baluchis are Sunni extremists.
Bryan Dean WrightHOST
Data show that the clashes between the Sunni Baluch separatists and the Shia IRGC are now at a 10-year high.
Alan EyreGUEST
Iran will counter-escalate against GCC targets, possibly other targets, horizontal and vertical, And if we keep bombing, yeah, eventually Iran could well collapse in the sense of drastically reducing the regime's ability to govern its own domestic sphere.
Alan EyreGUEST
We're already seeing, at least in the last couple of months, and this is doubtless due to either Saudi or Israel or both, a substantive increase in insurrection in Iranian Balochistan.
Brandon WeichertHOST
Yes.
Alan EyreGUEST
Late last year, there was a coalition of all these different Baloch... distinct groups.
Deanna LorraineGUEST
America is bombing Iran now.
Deanna LorraineGUEST
Multiple explosions are going off in Sistan and Balus- Baluchistan province.
Deanna LorraineGUEST
Gosh, my pronunciation isn't so great at 9:00 AM, uh, or, uh, what is it? 2:30 in the afternoon.
Deanna LorraineGUEST
Two Iranian personnel are now fighting for their lives.
Mario NawfalHOST
I'm just getting the producers to sort out his audio.
Mario NawfalHOST
The two explosions that started this conversation before we shift to what's happening on the Houthi front, there were two explosions that were heard in the Sistan Balochistan province, which is just off the Strait of Hormuz, but it's outside the Strait of Hormuz, it's down in the Gulf of Oman.
Mario NawfalHOST
So it's...
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Ali VaezGUEST
And of course, the Iranians were prepared for this scenario when they actually used the Shia militias in Iraq very effectively to put pressure on the separatist groups in the Kurdistan area.
Ali VaezGUEST
Same with the Baloch minorities on the eastern province of Sistan-Balochistan between Iran and Pakistan.
Ali VaezGUEST
But just to say...
Ali VaezGUEST
There is, from an Israeli perspective, it wasn't that the concept was faulty, its execution was problematic, and therefore it could be tried again, and it would eventually deliver results because this is a regime that is, from their perspective, in a death spiral, especially economically, and therefore they believe that the job could be done and completed with additional attacks.
Chowra MakaremiGUEST
D'une part, c'est un, c'est un suprématisme qui euh, qui considère les marges du pays comme des menaces potentielles.
Chowra MakaremiGUEST
Et en fait, tous les mouvements et notamment les projets politiques qui viennent du Kurdistan, toutes les formes d'organisation qui viennent des marges, le fait qu'au Sistan Baloutchistan, on a quand même le seul, la seule autorité religieuse qui est anti-théocratique qui est présente, etc.
Chowra MakaremiGUEST
Tout ça, c'est plutôt perçu sous l'angle de la menace et de la peur et d'une peur qui du coup intime à un repli nationaliste plutôt que perçu sous l'angle d'une curiosité de possibles alliances et d'inspiration.
Chowra MakaremiGUEST
Donc ça, c'est, ça c'est, je pense, très important.
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