Will the Iranian regime fall by June 30?

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Market context

The Islamic Republic of Iran's governing structures—the Supreme Leader's office, the Guardian Council, and the Revolutionary Guards Corps operating under clerical command—would need to be overthrown, dissolved, or rendered incapable of controlling the majority of Iran's territory and population within eighteen months for this market to resolve affirmatively. This represents a fundamental collapse of the regime rather than electoral turnover or policy shifts within the existing system.

Regime collapse in Iran has no modern precedent. The 1979 revolution itself took months of escalating unrest, military defection, and institutional breakdown before the Shah's government fell; the current Islamic Republic has survived eight wars, multiple assassination campaigns, and sustained protest movements since 1979. Comparable cases—the Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991, the fall of the Shah's regime, or recent collapses in Afghanistan and Syria—typically required either sustained military defeat, severe economic collapse triggering mass defection of security forces, or both. Iran's economy faces sanctions pressure and currency weakness, but the IRGC maintains operational control and has demonstrated willingness to use force against domestic dissent, as evidenced during 2019–2020 protests.

Traders monitoring this market should track indicators of military fracture, particularly any public defections within the IRGC or Basij militia, alongside economic data on currency stability and foreign exchange reserves. The scheduled presidential election in June 2025 offers a potential flashpoint for renewed protest, though electoral cycles have historically reinforced rather than destabilised the regime. Recent reporting from Reuters and AP News documents continued security force cohesion and factional competition within the system rather than systemic breakdown. The 1 per cent probability reflects the absence of credible near-term catalysts for regime-level collapse.

Methodology

Political prediction markets differ structurally from sports betting: thinner liquidity, longer settlement windows, higher sensitivity to single news events. This page shows the live Polymarket quote for Will the Iranian regime fall by June 30? plus platform attributes for the three reference venues, so you can see at a glance where the deepest market for this question sits.

Resolution & payout

For political markets the resolution source is decisive. Polymarket defines a concrete source per contract (e.g. AP, Reuters, official electoral commission) and uses the UMA Optimistic Oracle as the on-chain dispute mechanism. With a clearly defined outcome the USDC payout lands within minutes of the final confirmation.

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The YES/NO percentages are the live mid-prices of the Polymarket order book. On deep markets they move every few seconds; on thinner ones you'll see short plateaus.