Iran Crisis Update, March 23, 2023
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has trapped the Iranian regime by focusing public and government attention on improving the economy—an issue he does not yet appear willing to seriously address.
The regime’s intransigence on both economic and sociocultural issues will likely fuel greater instability and unrest.
CTP did not observe any protest activity, possibly due to the Nowrouz holiday.
Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova announced that Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian will travel to Moscow to meet with Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov on March 29.[25] Zakharova stated that the two ministers will discuss Iran’s nuclear negotiations and mutual cooperation with respect to Syria, Afghanistan, the Caucasus, and the Caspian Sea.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-march-23-2023
Iran Crisis Update, March 24, 2023
The US has become entangled in a regional escalation pattern between Iran and Israel.
Prominent Sunni cleric Moulana Abdol Hamid on March 24 responded to and challenged the main arguments that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei made in his Nowrouz address.
At least two protests occurred in two cities across two provinces.
Multiple US officials expressed alarm over the Iranian nuclear program and reiterated the US commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-march-24-2023