IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, DECEMBER 6
Countrywide strikes continued throughout Iran.
Protest turnout decreased significantly, however, possibly due to divisions and poor planning in the protest movement.
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei met with Supreme Cultural Revolution Council, possibly to discuss the morality patrol and mandatory hijab law.
At least 13 protests took place in five cities across five provinces.
Judiciary spokesperson Massoud Setayeshi announced the issuance of death sentences to five arrested protesters.
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Protest activity on December 7 largely adhered to instructions issued by various local protest organization groups, demonstrating the capability of the protest organizations to generate coordinated acts of anti-regime defiance.
Regime officials and entities defended ongoing internet restrictions as a means to quell unrest on December 7.
At least 19 protests took place in 13 cities across nine provinces on December 7.
An anti-regime outlet claimed that some Iranian officials are arranging for asylum in Venezuela in the event of regime change.
Intelligence and Security Minister Esmail Khatib accused German officials of supporting anti-regime dissident groups in Iraqi Kurdistan.
The sister of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei issued a public letter on December 7 urging security personnel to defect in support of anti-regime protesters. Badri Hosseini Khamenei stated that Khamenei had failed to heed the Iranian population's requests and endorsed the Mahsa Amini protest movement, stating “I hope for the people's victory and the overthrow of [the Islamic Republic].” Hosseini additionally called on the IRGC and other armed forces to join protests “before it is too late.”[30] Hosseini alluded to having privately voiced her grievances to Khamenei.[31] Security personnel arrested Hosseini’s daughter, Farideh Moradkhani, on November 23 for publicly supporting protesters.[32]
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