Approximately 8 to 9 million people in Iran adhere to the radical ideologies of the mullahs.
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The Rob Carson ShowAug 25, 2026
No source estimates how many Iranians adhere to the radical ideologies of the mullahs, so the 8-9 million figure cannot be graded directly.
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… you, even if they are maniacs in the in the IRGC, they can't survive without food, they can't survive without the ability to have a livelihood, and if only paradise awaits them for their martyrdom, that's not much of a motivation for them. What do you think? Well, it is a driver for only certain aspects of the population, which is about the eight to 9 million people who adhere to the radical ideologies of the mullah. Now, you remove the women and children who are going to be starving, and you are left with the men out of that eight or 9 million people. …
The Rob Carson Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. Reuters reports that the Islamic Republic's loyalist base is much reduced compared with the past, based on interviews with Basij members, officials, insiders and analysts, but it gives no headcount of radical adherents.[1]
Context. GAMAAN's 2024 survey reports that support for 'the principles of the Islamic revolution and the Supreme Leader' fell from 18% in 2022 to 11% in 2024, a share that roughly corresponds to 8-10 million people on a population of about 87.6 million.[3][4]
Context. The U.S. State Department report gives Iran's population as 87.6 million (midyear 2023), which provides the denominator for any percentage-based estimate.[3]
Context. PolitiFact found no solid estimate of the number of radical Muslims worldwide, which indicates that the measure the claim relies on has no established count behind it.[2]
Sources
4 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 not rated
- 1Fraying loyalist base will challenge Iran's next leader - and Islamic Republic's survivalreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Ben Shapiro says a majority of Muslims are radicalspolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 32023 Report on International Religious Freedom: Iranstate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4[PDF] Iranians' Political Preferences in 2024 - Gamaangamaan.org · not rated · cited for: context
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