Iran Update, April 18, 2023
Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf met with several key regime powerbrokers, possibly to promote a pragmatic hardliner political agenda in Iran.
At least two protests occurred in two cities across two provinces.
CTP recorded poisonings in seven cities across six provinces, primarily concentrated in the northwestern provinces of Iran.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) Secretary General Ziyad al Nakhalah met with senior Iraqi political officials in Baghdad.
The IRGC and its proxies are reportedly strengthening their intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities around al Mayadin, Deir ez Zor Province, likely as part of the Iranian effort to secure the Abu Kamal-Deir ez Zor City land route in eastern Syria.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-april-18-2023
Iran Update, April 19, 2023
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei shut down growing calls for a referendum on substantial political reform during a meeting with student activists.
Information and Communications Technology Minister Issa Zareh Pour announced that the National Information Network (NIN) is 60 percent complete.
President Ebrahim Raisi is continuing to use the recent Israeli raids on Al Aqsa Mosque to try to unite Muslim countries against Israel.
CTP recorded student poisonings in four cities across four provinces.
The IRGC and the Artesh are publicly demonstrating cohesion following Artesh Day.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-april-19-2023