IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, NOVEMBER 7
Some elements of the Iranian regime have suggested political reform to assuage protester frustrations, although such reform is highly unlikely.
Iranian security services have begun connecting Azerbaijan to the Shiraz attack and accusing Baku of supporting Salafi-jihadi terrorism.
IS central and ISKP have celebrated the Shiraz attack and called for more attacks against Shia targets in Iran.
At least 14 protests took place in 12 cities across seven provinces.
Jaish al Adl released a statement calling for protesters to organize armed resistance against the regime.
Five Basij university student organizations in Tehran penned an open letter urging officials to take action against Western embassies—specifically the UK and Germany—for their alleged role in stoking the ongoing protests.
Judiciary Chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei called on judicial authorities to expedite the prosecution and sentencing of arrested protesters.
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Protests may increase in the coming days to commemorate the regime's brutal crackdown in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan Province on September 30.
Iranian state-run outlet Nour News Agency reported that Russian National Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev arrived in Tehran on November 8, likely to discuss the potential sale of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia.
At least 12 protests took place in nine cities across eight provinces.
The Jaish al Adl spokesperson claimed that the regime crackdown in Zahedan on September 30 has increased the group's recruitment, according to UK-based Midstone Centre.
The IRGC may have deployed some of its Iraqi proxies to support the protest crackdown.
SNSC-affiliated Nour News Agency accused unnamed American and Mossad officials of meeting with anti-regime Kurdish militant groups in Iraqi Kurdistan over the past two months.
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