IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, DECEMBER 28
Iranian security officials and entities attempted to declare an end to protest activity on December 28 despite ongoing acts of anti-regime defiance documented throughout the country.
Iran’s deteriorating economic and energy conditions have the potential to further inflame anti-regime demonstrations.
At least four protests occurred in four cities across four provinces.
Protest coordinators reiterated calls for anti-regime protests and strikes on December 29 and January 6-8.
President Ebrahim Raisi and his cabinet appointed Hossein Mehrab as Khuzestan provincial governor on December 28.
Former reformist President Hassan Rouhani discussed solutions to anti-regime activity with former governors from his administration on December 26.
Social media users reported that petrochemical workers in Abadan, Khuzestan Province participated in anti-regime strikes for a third consecutive day.
The Turkish, Russia, and Syrian Defense Ministers held a trilateral meeting on December 28 in Moscow.
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IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, DECEMBER 29
Funerals and commemoration ceremonies for killed protesters are continuing to sustain anti-regime activity throughout Iran as demonstrations enter their fifteenth consecutive week.
The Iranian regime has reportedly purchased Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets from Russia.
At least seven protests occurred in six cities across five provinces.
President Ebrahim Raisi appointed Mohammad Reza Farzin as the new Central Bank of Iran Chief.
Anti-regime outlet Iran International circulated footage of Golestan Province Governor General Ali Mohammad Zanganeh requesting that local government officials refuse providing services to unveiled women.
UK-based Amwaj Media reported that prominent Iranian hardliners are pursuing political reform in attempt to preempt further unrest, citing an inside source.
A website purporting to represent the Iranian Sunni community reported that Iranian authorities arrested a Sunni scholar in Khorasan Razavi Province on December 27.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-december-29