By Xavier Villar

Why terrorists in Iran’s borderlands are rebranding

Separatists now disguising as national opposition forces to survive after years of no traction 

MADRID – The statement issued on December 10 by the spokesperson of the so-called Jaish al-Adl, a terrorist group responsible for the murder of dozens of Iranian security personnel and citizens in recent years, announcing the formation of the so-called “Popular Fighters’ Front,” was received in Iran’s security circles not with surprise, but as confirmation of a predictable tactic outlined in an increasingly well-known manual of regional destabilization.