Protest activity and strikes will likely increase in the coming days.
The nature of the planned protests increases the risk to protesters.
Supreme leader succession is heavily coloring how the Iranian political and security establishment responds to the protests.
Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian stated that the Iraqi central government committed to disarming and removing Kurdish militants from the Iran-Iraq border region.
At least 16 protests took place in 11 cities across 11 provinces.
Unidentified individuals attacked and killed a Basij member in Marivan, Kurdistan Province.
An LEC officer died due to injuries sustained in protests in Baneh, Kurdistan Province on October 27.
LEC Western Tehran Provincial Commander Keyvan Zahiri announced the arrest of two individuals planning to conduct a suicide attack in Quds City, Tehran Province.
The LEC Intelligence Organization arrested two individuals making Molotov cocktails and explosives in Qom City, Qom Province.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-november-23
LEC = Law Enforcement Command
IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, NOVEMBER 25
Protests continued but did not surge across Iran despite calls for protests.
The regime’s protest crackdown and abuse of arrested demonstrators will alienate large swaths of the population and entrench anti-regime sentiment throughout Iran for a long time.
Citizens in Mazandaran Province sent medical supplies to protesters in Kurdistan Province, according to Radio Farda.
Prominent Sunni cleric Moulana Abdol Hamid continued to inspire protests throughout Sistan and Baluchistan Province.
Hacker group Black Reward defaced the website of IRGC-affiliated Fars News Agency.
The IRGC Ground Forces has deployed armored and special forces units to unspecified locations in northwestern and western Iran, likely to crack down on protesters and deter further demonstrations.
US-based NGO Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI) estimated that the regime has arrested over 18,000 protesters thus far.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-november-25
IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, NOVEMBER 26
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei publicly rejected the possibility of compromise or reform to placate the ongoing protests. Khamenei may have meant to use his speech to signal to other senior regime officials his disapproval of cooperating with reformists to quell the protests.
President Ebrahim Raisi visited members of the Basij special forces on November 25, confirming their involvement in the protest crackdown.
Protest coordinators and organizations have called for protests throughout Iran from December 5 to 7.
Protests centered primarily around universities, highlighting once again the different demographics that comprise the protest movement
At least 15 protests took place in four cities across four provinces.
Dozens of local leaders from Baneh, Kurdistan Province issued a video statement condemning the regime crackdown and expressing support for the protesters.
Iranian-backed militants fired two rockets at US patrol base in Hasaka Province, Syria.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-november-26
IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, NOVEMBER 27
Iranian protest organization groups may be reinforcing their organizational capabilities as protest activity entered a relative lull over the past several days.
At least six protests took place in four cities across four provinces on November 27.
IRGC Commander Hossein Salami warned Israel, Saudi Arabia, the US and the UK against supporting anti-regime protests in a speech to Basij members in Sistan and Baluchistan Province.
Regime and IRGC media channels published a video threatening to attack Azerbaijan using rhetoric common during the Iran-Iraq War.
Cultural and parliamentary entities have proposed legal measures to expedite the suppression of protesters and reward elite members of the regime.
Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al Sudani will travel to Tehran on November 29 ostensibly to mediate tensions between Iran and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-november-27