Dana Alexander Gray

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Iran Crisis Update, January 31, 2023

Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Johanna Moore Annika Ganzeveld Nicholas Carl January 31, 2023 ANALYSIS

Iran Crisis Update, January 30, 2023

Frederick W. Kagan Amin Soltani Dana Alexander Gray Annika Ganzeveld Zachary Coles Kitaneh Fitzpatrick January 30, 2023 ANALYSIS

Israeli combat aircraft conducted three airstrikes against likely Iran-backed militants in eastern Syria on January 29 and January 30. Is...

Iran Crisis Update, January 24, 2023

Frederick W. Kagan Nicholas Carl Annika Ganzeveld Dana Alexander Gray Kitaneh Fitzpatrick January 24, 2023 ANALYSIS

Syrian Defense Minister Lieutenant General Ali Mahmoud Abbas discussed deepening military cooperation with senior Iranian officials in Te...

Iran Crisis Update, January 23, 2023

Frederick W. Kagan Nicholas Carl Amin Soltani Dana Alexander Gray Annika Ganzeveld Kitaneh Fitzpatrick January 23, 2023 ANALYSIS

Protest activity in Iran increased on January 23, particularly among current petrochemical employees and retired education and telecommun...

Iran Crisis Update, January 10, 2023

Dana Alexander Gray Zachary Coles Nicholas Carl January 10, 2023 ANALYSIS

The Iranian regime is refocusing on enforcing widespread adherence to the mandatory hijab law after briefly and informally relaxing such ...

Iran Crisis Update, January 9, 2023

Johanna Moore Dana Alexander Gray Zachary Coles Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl January 09, 2023 ANALYSIS

Protest coordinators and organizations may have successfully deterred the judiciary from executing two arrested protesters in Iran on Jan...

Iran Crisis Update, January 2, 2023

Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Johanna Moore Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl January 02, 2023 ANALYSIS

The Iranian state security services have intensified their protest crackdown and social oppression in recent days.

Iran Crisis Update, December 31

Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl December 31, 2022 ANALYSIS

Recent comments from Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) leaders reflect the ongoing divisions within the regime, and especially th...

Iran Crisis Update, December 26

Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl December 26, 2022 ANALYSIS

Protest coordinators and organizations are encouraging citizens to demonstrate more regularly and spontaneously rather than awaiting plan...

Iran Crisis Update, December 24

Frederick W. Kagan Zachary Coles Dana Alexander Gray Nicholas Carl December 24, 2022 ANALYSIS

The Iranian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of 22-year-old protester Mohammad Ghobadlou on December 24 after rejecting his appeal.

Iran Crisis Update, December 19

Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Zachary Coles Nicholas Carl December 19, 2022 ANALYSIS

Some protest coordinators and organizations are trying to reclaim religion from the regime, essentially arguing that one can be devoutly ...

Iran Crisis Update, December 17

Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Zachary Coles Kitaneh Fitzpatrick December 17, 2022 ANALYSIS

Iranian security personnel clashed with prisoners in Karaj, Alborz Province on December 17, reportedly killing one and injuring up to 100...

Iran Crisis Update, December 10

Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl December 10, 2022 ANALYSIS

The Iranian regime is using protester executions to instill terror among the population.

Iran Crisis Update, December 5

Frederick W. Kagan Amin Soltani Dana Alexander Gray Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl December 05, 2022 ANALYSIS

Protest activity and strikes in Iran increased significantly on December 5—in line with the calls from protest coordinators and organizat...

Iran Crisis Update, December 3

Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Zachary Coles Nicholas Carl December 03, 2022 ANALYSIS

Iran Crisis Update, November 28

Frederick W. Kagan Amin Soltani Dana Alexander Gray Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Kitaneh Fitzpatrick November 28, 2022 ANALYSIS

Social media users circulated calls for protests following the US-Iran world cup match on November 29 although it is unclear to what exte...

Iran Crisis Update, November 26

Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl November 26, 2022 ANALYSIS

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei publicly rejected the possibility of compromise or reform to placate the ongoing protests on November 26.

Iran Crisis Update, November 21

Frederick W. Kagan Amin Soltani Dana Alexander Gray Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Nicholas Carl November 21, 2022 ANALYSIS

The Iranian regime has adopted what increasingly resembles a counter-insurgency approach rather than a counter-protest one to manage the ...

Iran Crisis Update, November 19

Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Zachary Coles November 19, 2022 ANALYSIS

Iran Crisis Update, November 14

Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Dana Alexander Gray Amin Soltani Nicholas Carl Kitaneh Fitzpatrick November 14, 2022 ANALYSIS

Protest activity and strikes will likely increase from November 15 to 17. Protest coordinators and organizers have reiterated their calls...

Iran Crisis Update, November 12

Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Zachary Coles Nicholas Carl November 12, 2022 ANALYSIS

Protest coordinators and organizations have called for countrywide demonstrations from November 15 to 17 to commemorate the three-year an...

Iran Crisis Update, November 7

Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Johanna Moore Amin Soltani Kathryn Tyson Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl November 07, 2022 ANALYSIS

Some elements of the Iranian regime have suggested political reform to assuage protesters’ frustrations, although such reform is highly u...

Iran Crisis Update, November 5

Frederick W. Kagan Nicholas Carl Zachary Coles Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Dana Alexander Gray November 05, 2022 ANALYSIS

Prominent Sunni cleric Moulana Abdol Hamid may begin regularly instigating protests throughout Sistan and Baluchistan Province rather tha...

Iran Crisis Update, October 31

Frederick W. Kagan Johanna Moore Dana Alexander Gray Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl October 31, 2022 ANALYSIS

The regime has begun indicting and sentencing arrested protesters as part of the increasingly harsh and uncompromising stance that the re...

Iran Crisis Update, October 29

Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Zachary Coles Kitaneh Fitzpatrick October 29, 2022 ANALYSIS

IRGC Commander Hossein Salami set conditions to violently escalate the suppression of ongoing, anti-regime demonstrations on October 29.

Iran Crisis Update, October 24

Frederick W. Kagan Nicholas Carl Amin Soltani Dana Alexander Gray Johanna Moore Zachary Coles Kitaneh Fitzpatrick October 24, 2022 ANALYSIS

Some Iranian social media users are invoking the November 2019 gasoline protests as the ongoing, anti-regime protests enter the Persian c...

Iran Crisis Update, October 22

Nicholas Carl Dana Alexander Gray Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Zachary Coles October 22, 2022 ANALYSIS

Iran Crisis Update, October 17

Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Zachary Coles Nicholas Carl October 17, 2022 ANALYSIS

The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) began a three-day military exercise along the Iran-Azerbaijan border on October 17 likely t...

Iran Crisis Update, October 15

Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl October 15, 2022 ANALYSIS

A major fire broke out at the Evin prison in Tehran on October 15, and the regime used live rounds and tear gas against prisoners and nea...

Iran Crisis Update, October 10

Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Kitaneh Fitzpatrick Nicholas Carl October 10, 2022 ANALYSIS

The ongoing, anti-regime protests could interact with and feed off of preexisting insurgencies in Iran. There are at least three active b...

Iran Crisis Update, October 8

Frederick W. Kagan Dana Alexander Gray Zachary Coles Kitaneh Fitzpatrick October 08, 2022 ANALYSIS

The Iranian regime’s rhetorical responses to ongoing anti-regime protests may suggest that senior regime officials are posing for the ben...

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