IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, OCTOBER 16
The IRGC may resume attacks against positions in Iraqi Kurdistan in the coming days.
Anti-regime protests occurred in at least 14 cities in 12 provinces on October 16.
Iranian state-run outlets have struggled to cohere a unified narrative following reports of violence at Evin Prison in Tehran.
Iranian security forces are increasingly targeting high schools in an attempt to quell unrest, which could reinvigorate ongoing protests.
Iranian officials are increasingly describing ongoing protests as being revolutionary in nature and acknowledge that recent demonstrations target the foundation of the regime.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-october-16
“Iranian officials are increasingly describing ongoing protests as being revolutionary in nature and acknowledge that recent demonstrations target the foundation of the regime.”
IOW, automatic death sentence.
IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, OCTOBER 17
The IRGC threatened Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia for their alleged roles in stoking the ongoing, anti-regime protests.
The IRGC could use the troops it mobilized for the military exercise to violently suppress planned protests in northwestern Iran on October 20.
Anti-regime protests occurred in at least 10 cities in 9 provinces.
The New York Times reported that the regime may have deployed special forces from the IRGC Ground Forces in recent days to suppress protests in Tehran and other major cities.
Several reformist politicians proposed reforms to end the current crisis.
The Jerusalem Post reported that the IRGC is using members of Lebanese Hezbollah and Iraqi proxies to suppress protests in Iran, citing unidentified sources.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-october-17