IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, NOVEMBER 19
Unverified reporting suggests that the regime deployed the IRGC Ground Forces to violently suppress protests in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province on November 19, marking a violent escalation in the regime’s response to protests.
The number and scale of ongoing, anti-regime protests have intensified and become increasingly violent in recent days.
Protests occurred in at least 20 cities in 10 provinces. 14 protests with 100 or more estimated participants took place in nine cities across six provinces on November 19.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei continued to blame anti-regime demonstrations on Western actors on November 19.
Israeli combat aircraft conducted airstrikes against multiple Syria Arab Army and IRGC or Iranian proxy militia positions in western Syria on November 19.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-november-19
IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, NOVEMBER 20
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has likely issued an unpublished directive to violently suppress anti-regime protests within the past few days.
The IRGC Ground Forces Hamzeh Seyyed ol Shahada Northwestern operational base announced that it is reinforcing its forces on November 20, suggesting that crackdowns will likely endure and may extend to other cities throughout the region.
The IRGC attacked a series of anti-regime Kurdish militia positions in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Protests occurred in at least 18 cities in eight provinces. At least six protests with 100 or more estimated participants took place in six cities across four provinces on November 20.
Tehran Judiciary officials sentenced a sixth arrested protester to death on November 20.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-november-20