Iran Crisis Update, January 9, 2023
Protest coordinators and organizations may have successfully deterred the Judiciary from executing two arrested protesters in Iran.
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei continues to use rhetoric that suggests he is not amenable to any meaningful political or social reform in Iran.
The regime is having tone-deaf conversations on women’s rights with itself, highlighting that many officials have not internalized core protester grievances.
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei likely dismissed Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari as law enforcement commander due to Khamenei’s dissatisfaction with the performance of the Law Enforcement Command in responding to the protests.
At least two protests occurred in two cities across two provinces in Iran.
Prominent Sunni cleric Moulana Abdol Hamid tweeted criticizing how the Judiciary has handled the legal cases of arrested protesters.
The Judiciary sentenced three protesters to death.
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Iran Crisis Update, January 10, 2023
The Iranian regime is refocusing on enforcing widespread adherence to the mandatory hijab law after briefly and informally relaxing such restrictions in previous months.
The Sari Revolutionary Court sentenced protester Javad Rouhi to death.
At least three protests occurred in three cities across three provinces in Iran.
Social media accounts have claimed in recent days that the regime has arrested and sentenced an unidentified former senior official on espionage charges.
The Parliamentary Legal and Judicial Committee reviewed and approved articles of the draft legislation to establish a police force for adolescents and children.
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