[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

[AdmSmith]

IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, DECEMBER 3

Protest coordinators and organizations continued issuing guidance in preparation for the planned countrywide protests and strikes on December 5-7.
Statements from the neighborhood youth groups portray a protest movement that is still trying to cohere and experimenting with different approaches.
At least nine protests took place in seven cities across seven provinces.
The State Security Council threatened to confront protests “decisively and without tolerance” in a statement, likely to deter turnout of mass protests planned for December 5-7.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-december-3

[AdmSmith]

IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, DECEMBER 4

Western media inaccurately reported that the regime abolished its morality patrol.
Thirty neighborhood youth groups announced the formation of an umbrella organization—the Neighborhood Youth Alliance.
Inclement weather may negatively affect turnout during the planned protests on December 5-7.
At least nine protests took place in nine cities across seven provinces.
Law Enforcement Command Sistan and Baluchistan Provincial Commander Brigadier General Mohammad Ghanbari announced that unidentified gunmen attacked and injured two LEC officers in Chabahar.
Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani met with several prominent hardline, moderate, and reformist politicians likely to discuss cooperation to quell the protests.
Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Majid Mir Ahmadi tried to emphasize the economic consequences of the protests, possibly to fracture the protest movement.
The office of prominent Sunni cleric Moulana Abdol Hamid released a statement trying to dissociate his criticism of the regime from Baloch separatistism.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-december-4