Iran -
When I posted this morning that the admission of shooting down the Ukraine airliner were causing internal repercussions, I did not anticipated such rapid increase in protests. College students in multiple towns besides Tehran are in the streets calling for the resignation of Khamenei. Rumors that the Iranian govt is telling family to keep quiet or not receive the remains of dead. Even if rumors - this will cause protests to increase. Watching for internet shutdowns to cover govt crack downs. The riots, shoot down along with the revenge missile attack debacle seem to have Iran beginning to implode.
The British ambassador was arrested (detained) for several hours for some infraction associated to the protests - incitement, photographing, or something. This is a grave violation Of the Vienna Convention,
Ukraine officials now calling for justice for the shoot down. Tehran currently trying to blame the pilot for getting shot down.
Iraq -
A commander of Abbas Ali Al-Sa’edi which is a Pro-Iran PMU militia has been assassinatedi in Karbala, Iraq alone with two other officers.
Oman -
Haitham bin Tariq Al Said has been named as the new Sultan of Oman. He is Qaboos bin Said’s cousin. He has vowed to continue the neutral foreign policy of the former sultan.
13 posted on 01/11/2020 2:54:01 PM PST by Paisan
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Iran -
Protest follow up. Reports of counter protest against the British at their embassy by an IRGC affiliate group Basij . The Basij militia is an Iranian volunteer force of Islamic government loyalists which is often called out onto the streets at times of crisis to dispel dissent. They are demanding the ambassador be expelled and the embassy closed.
Lebanon -
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah Gives speech demanding US leave ME and that there will be a concerted ‘resistance’ effort to remove us as well as eliminate Israel.