IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, DECEMBER 11
Some Iranian political and religious leaders are debating the regime’s use of the death penalty against arrested protesters.
The ineffectiveness of the regime protest crackdown has likely allowed and encouraged some Iranian officials to criticize and debate more openly.
Some protest coordinators and organizations called for protests on December 12.
At least six protests occurred in six cities across six provinces.
The IRGC claimed to have thwarted a plot to assassinate Mashhad Friday Prayer Leader Ahmad Alam ol Hoda.
The United Neighborhood Youth released a 43-point political manifesto.
Protest coordinators and organizations continued trying to divide state security services in support of the protesters.
The Iranian rial dropped to a new all-time low against the US dollar.
The dollar sold for around 370,000 rials among currency traders.[22] The dollar sold for around 317,000 rials when protests began on September 16.[23]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-december-11
IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, DECEMBER 12
The Iranian regime executed a protester for the second time since the Mahsa Amini protests began as part of the regime effort to deter protest turnout and instill terror among the public.
Protest coordinators and organizations called for demonstrations in response to the execution of Majid Reza Rahnavard and seemed to have limited success in generating turnout on short notice.
The ineffectiveness and brutal nature of the regime protest crackdown has continued to fragment Iranian political elite.
At least seven protests occurred in four cities across four provinces.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-december-12