[AdmSmith]

IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, DECEMBER 1

Protesters in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan Province rhetorically defended prominent Sunni cleric Moulana Abdol Hamid against the regime.
The Raisi administration may be conducting a purge of local officials across Iran to install more loyal cadres.
At least five protests took place in four cities across four provinces.
Neighborhood youth groups disseminated instructions on how to prevent state security services from collecting intelligence on protesters in preparation for the planned protests on December 5-7.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-december-1

[AdmSmith]

IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, DECEMBER 2
The Mashhad Neighborhood Youth issued further instructions for the planned protests on December 5-7.
The behavior of the Mashhad Neighborhood Youth suggests that it may be more coordinated and organized than some other youth groups in the protest movement.
Anti-regime outlet Iran International published an article suggesting that the regime is struggling to shore up the necessary equipment and manpower to continue its protest crackdown.
At least seven protests took place in seven cities across six provinces on December 2.
Unidentified individuals attacked Deputy Industry, Mining, and Trade Minister for General Industries Mohammad Mehdi Baradaran on his way home.
Prominent Sunni Cleric Moulana Abdol Hamid condemned the regime's protest suppression response in his Friday prayer sermon in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan Province.

Prosecutor General Mohammad Javad Montazeri stated that Parliament and the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council will announce an opinion on the mandatory hijab law by December 17.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-december-2