Regime officials have begun indicting and sentencing arrested protesters as part of the increasingly harsh and uncompromising stance that the regime has adopted toward the ongoing protests.
Regime officials have begun using increasingly harsh rhetoric toward the protests, framing the demonstrations and the Shiraz terror attack as connected and part of the Western-led hybrid war against Iran.
At least 30 anti-regime protests occurred in 17 cities in 14 provinces.
Parliamentarian Mehdi Bagheri stated that the Law Enforcement Command (LEC) is not currently operating the guidance patrol (morality patrol) because of manpower shortages.
Medical professionals in Kurdistan Province condemned the regime crackdown on October 31, according to unverified social media reports.
Reformist-affiliated Ham Miham newspaper published an article calling on LEC officers to protect Iranian protesters from the LEC Special Units—the regime's highly trained, anti-riot police.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-october-31
IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, NOVEMBER 1
American and Saudi officials have warned of an imminent Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia and possibly Erbil, according to the Wall Street Journal.
At least 30 protests took place in 15 cities across 11 provinces.
Anti-regime outlet Iran International reported that the regime flew around 150 personnel from Kataib Hezbollah and other Iraqi proxies from Baghdad to Mashhad to support the protest crackdown. This report cannot be substantiated.
Protesters have halted operations at some industrial and mining sites in Sistan and Baluchistan Province.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-november-1