THE IRANIAN regime has been using a secret police force hidden in plain sight to quash dissent and rig elections, a Tehran insider told The Sun. A bombshell new investigation reveals how Supreme Leader Khamenei relies on a band of shadowy agents dubbed the "Middle Ring" to keep a lid on descent. The agents work as so-called "regime rats" who infiltrate society, squash dissent, rig elections and even beat those who disobey strict religious laws.

They also operate in a more subtle, nefarious way; bribing, coercing and policing the people of Iran into thinking the way the regime wants them to. It comes as Iran goes to the polls today for a sham election to replace its former bloodthirsty president Ebrahim "The Butcher" Raisi - who died in a helicopter crash in May . Kasra Aarabi, research director at nonprofit United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), told The Sun the organisation uncovered a shadowy arm of the IRGC that has been hidden for at least five years.

UANI has exposed the Baqiatallah Headquarters in a new report , a "virtually unknown" organisation serving as an offshoot of Iran's brutal Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Kasra, who investigates the hideous crimes of the IRGC , said the newly discovered HQ relies on those agents known as the “Middle Ring” to carry out their bidding. The end goal is to achieve Khamenei's ideal "Islamic society" and "Islamic government" - policing people's thoughts and actions.

Kasra told The Sun: “What we’ve got here is evidence for th.