Iran Crisis Update, March 29, 2023
Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian alluded to Iranian involvement in the recent attacks on US bases in Syria during his meeting with Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia.
President Ebrahim Raisi announced temporary economic solutions on March 29 that will likely not alleviate Iran’s economic problems in the long term.
Some regime officials are increasingly advocating for a social pressure campaign to enforce the mandatory hijab law.
At least three protests occurred in three cities across two provinces in Iran.
Iran cancelled its contracts with the Assad regime to rehabilitate two power stations in Aleppo and Hama provinces.
Unidentified militants gunned down a Shia family in Al Khalis district, Diyala Province.
The Iraqi Wisdom Movement party and the Coordination Framework – a loose coalition of pro-Iranian political parties – are negotiating an agreement to remove judges from Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) according to a statement given to Iraqi news outlet Al Mada.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-march-29-2023
Iran and its proxies may target US forces in Syria in retaliation for multiple Israeli airstrikes on Iranian and Iranian-backed forces in Syria on March 30.
At least three protests occurred in three cities across three provinces.
Iranian officials continued discussing the mandatory hijab law with increased urgency.
The Iranian rial depreciated from 538,500 rials to one US dollar on March 29 to 549,000 rials to one US dollar.
Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian stated that the Iranian parliament could impose a deadline for nuclear negotiations during an interview with Al Jazeera.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that the US must compensate Iran for freezing its assets and declared that it had no jurisdiction over the 1.7 billion US dollars’ worth of Iranian assets frozen in the US.
IRGC Quds Force Commander Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani in an unannounced visit to Baghdad.
Anti-regime outlet Iran International published a purported interrogation video of an Intelligence and Security Ministry officer discussing Iran's covert operations in Africa. [27]
Iran International identified Hamidreza[28] mmad Abraheh as an intelligence officer operating in Tanzania. Abraheh stated that his main mission in Tanzania was to build a network of locals with access to high- and low-ranking Tanzanian officials to support intelligence collection and operations over the next five to ten years. Abraheh added that the ministry's intelligence collection efforts were focused on the US, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Azerbaijan and referenced tensions between the Ministry and IRGC Intelligence Organization. tensions between the MOIS and IRGC Intelligence Organizations.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-march-30-2023
Iran International's exclusive film tells about the interrogation of an officer of the Ministry of Information of the Islamic Republic in Tanzania, about Tehran's plan to act against the interests of the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Azerbaijan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c7AjUu8bf0