Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft have made an unusually dense series of flights to Tehran since late December as nationwide protests spread across Iran, according to The Moscow Times on January 9.

The outlet cited the trade publication Air Cargo Week as saying that Il-76TD aircraft, presented as civilian flights, operated regular rotations from Mineralnye Vody in southern Russia to Tehran between December 27, 2025, and January 1, 2026, routing over the Caucasus and avoiding airspace controlled by NATO member states.

Air Cargo Week said the repeated use of the same airframes over a short period and the preference for speed and reliability over cost pointed to deliberate tasking consistent with military logistics, rather than ad hoc charter cargo flights.

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    This seems to imply that the piece of shit Aytolllah is seriously considering that his regime won’t hold.

    Let’s hope his evacuation plane (with his son and family members) will be shot down when they try to run.

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      Who gives a fuck about them really. Whether they die or live in exile, I’m cheering for the people of Iran

      They’ve been fighting for freedom for a very long time, I hope they finally get it

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      I’d be happy to see him at the end of a rope, but I’ll settle for him just fucking off and never returning.