Will the Iranian regime fall before 2027?

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Market context

A **Yes** share pays out only if the Islamic Republic stops governing before the market’s deadline, while a **No** share wins if the existing system still controls Iran at settlement. In practice, that means traders are not pricing ordinary unrest or even major elite turnover; they are pricing a visible break in core institutions such as the Supreme Leader’s office, the Guardian Council and the IRGC’s clerical chain of command.

The historical baseline is awkward for regime-change bets: Iran has absorbed sanctions, protests and external pressure without the state collapsing, and current analyst work still describes the regime as coercive but resilient. BTI’s 2026 country report says legitimacy is eroding and that the system is relying more on force, but Johns Hopkins’ February 2026 briefing noted the government had re-established control after protests and saw no immediate collapse. That helps explain why the market sits in low double digits rather than near parity: the path to a qualifying event usually requires overlapping failures, not just public anger or a bad economic run.

Traders will be watching for three kinds of catalyst. First, any confirmed leadership shock, especially around succession, arrests, defections or a split inside the security services. Second, formal institutional changes such as emergency councils, suspension of clerical bodies or evidence that the IRGC no longer answers to the existing order. Third, external shocks that could force rapid internal fracture, including renewed conflict, sanctions escalation or a failed ceasefire/diplomatic track. A recent expert forecast in April 2026 judged forced regime change “highly unlikely” in the near term and argued that even if it happens, it would probably require 9–18 months of cascading military, economic and elite failures rather than a single event.[3]

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Methodology

This page is a comparison snapshot: one live quote, four reference venues with their key attributes, and a single execution path — every trade button routes to Prediction Market UK, which mirrors the Polymarket order book directly.

Resolution & payout

Settlement runs on-chain. Polymarket's contract logic separates YES and NO shares as conditional tokens; at resolution the winning share lifts to $1.00 and the losing one to $0. The outcome input comes from the UMA Optimistic Oracle, which secures against bad resolution with a bond + dispute window.

Once finalised, the smart contract pays USDC to the holders' wallets within minutes — no withdrawal fees beyond Polygon network gas. Kalshi settles in USD via CFTC clearance, Betfair in account currency net of commission, Manifold in play-money mana with no cash-out.

FAQ

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How reliable are the quoted odds?

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.