2/ MORE | Criticism of the Iranian Regime’s Securitization: Some Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) elements do not approve of the regime’s internet shutdown. An IRGC-affiliated Telegram channel said that the Iranian regime’s decision to maintain the internet shutdown is counterproductive to Iran’s “national security interest” because the shutdown has fueled public resentment.
Iranian Security Forces’ Protest Casualties: The Iranian regime reportedly acknowledged on January 20 the first reported Artesh casualty of the recent protests.
Iranian Information Operation: Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi intentionally obscured the violent reality of the regime’s crackdown on protests, in which the regime killed thousands of protesters and arrested thousands more, in a January 20 op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. Araghchi may have also published this op-ed in an attempt to dissuade the United States from taking any punitive actions against the regime.
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The post 2/ MORE | Criticism of the Iranian Regime’s Securitization: Some Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) elements do not approve of the regime’s internet shutdown. An IRGC-affiliated Telegram channel said that the Iranian regime’s decision to maintain the internet shutdown is counterproductive to Iran’s “national security interest” because the shutdown has fueled public resentment. Iranian Security Forces’ Protest Casualties: The Iranian regime reportedly acknowledged on January 20 the first reported Artesh casualty of the recent protests. Iranian Information Operation: Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi intentionally obscured the violent reality of the regime’s crackdown on p first appeared on The World Web Times – worldwebtimes.com.
