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
IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, DECEMBER 30
Prominent Sunni cleric Moulana Abdol Hamid is likely trying to balance his political positions to maximize his domestic support and achieve meaningful reform.
The ongoing protests have likely altered the trajectory of Iran’s political and internal security environment permanently.
At least eight protests occurred in eight cities across six provinces.
Unidentified militants shot at an LEC patrol in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan Province, injuring one police officer.
Unidentified gunmen shot and injured a seminary student in Qom on December 20 and a second seminary student.
Senior military officers threatened to escalate regionally against Israel.
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