# The domestic armed threat facing Iran

https://mins.news/en/item/48777

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-07 19:06 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/7/the-domestic-armed-threat-facing-iran?traffic_source=rss

> Experts and Iranian officials warn that external support for ethnic armed groups is becoming a growing security threat to Iran. Authorities have publicised arrests of alleged armed networks and clashes along the country’s borders, framing the conflict as a national-security struggle. Kurdish fighters near the western border are described as Iran’s largest non-state armed threat.