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
“published a purported interrogation video”
Interrogated by the Tanzanians?
Iran Crisis Update, March 31, 2023
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted airstrikes in Damascus, Syria on March 30 that resulted in the death of senior IRGC official Milad Heydari, which likely will prompt Iranian-backed militants to attack US forces stationed in eastern Syria in the coming days.
Recent Iranian attacks on US forces in response to IDF airstrikes suggests a pattern in which Iran retaliates for instances in which IRGC personnel are killed.
The Iranian regime signaled its agreement to uncompromisingly enforce the mandatory hijab law on March 30.
The Iranian regime’s threats to securitize Zahedan have been ineffectual in deterring prominent Sunni cleric Moulana Abdol Hamid from criticizing the regime in his weekly sermons.
At least three protests occurred in three cities across three provinces.
The Iranian rial slightly depreciated from 549,000 rials to one US dollar on March 30 to 549,500 rials to one US dollar on March 30.
Foreign Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanani strongly condemned Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Eli Cohen’s March 29 discussion on Iran with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov.
An unidentified Iraqi political source claimed that IRGC Quds Force Commander Esmail Ghaani discussed the recent escalation in Syria with Iraqi Popular Mobilization Force (PMF) leadership in Baghdad.
https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-march-31-2023