NEW | The #Iranian economy appears to be entering a period of potentially significant disruption. Read the full update from @criticalthreats and @TheStudyofWar: criticalthreats.org/analysis/iran-… (1/4) Image
UN member states voted to expel Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women. (2/4)
Social media users circulated calls for countrywide strikes and protests on December 19, 20, and 21. (3/4)
#Iran-affiliated leadership from #Lebanon and #Iraq met in #Baghdad. (4/4)

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Dec 17
NEW | Russian forces conducted their ninth large-scale missile campaign against critical Ukrainian energy infrastructure on December 16 and carried out one of the largest missile attacks on Kyiv to date. Read the update from CTP and @TheStudyofWar:

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Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka-Donetsk City areas. Image
Russian forces conducted counterattacks in the Svatove and Kreminna areas on December 16. Image
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Dec 17
NEW | Protest organizations and coordinators are increasingly promoting consistent and sustainable acts of anti-regime defiance as the #MahsaAmini protest movement enters its fourth consecutive month. Read CTP and @TheStudyofWar’s daily Iran update here:

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Iranian Parliament and the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council did not release an opinion on the mandatory veiling law--or how the regime chooses to police this law--on December 16.
Prominent Sunni Cleric Moulana Abdol Hamid condemned the regime for sentencing arrested protesters to death in his weekly Friday sermon in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan Province.
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Dec 16
Russia may be setting conditions to conduct a new offensive against Ukraine— possibly against Kyiv—in winter 2023. Such an attack is extraordinarily unlikely to succeed. A Russian attack from Belarus is not imminent at this time. criticalthreats.org/analysis/russi…
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s objectives in Ukraine have not changed.
Putin is using two simultaneous military efforts to pursue his objective of conquering Ukraine and securing major concessions.
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Dec 15
NEW | #Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly postponed his address to the Russian Federal Assembly, indicating that the Kremlin is not confident that it can continue to shape the Russian information space. Read the update from CTP and @TheStudyofWar criticalthreats.org/analysis/russi… Image
#Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations and #Russian forces conducted counterattacks in the #Svatove and #Kreminna areas. Image
#Russian forces continued offensive operations in the #Bakhmut and #Avdiivka areas. Image
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Dec 14
NEWS | Today, #UN member states voted to expel Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women after years of systemic human rights abuses against Iranian women and girls. Thread: (1/5)

This US-led expulsion is a critical step in holding the Islamic Republic accountable for human rights abuses. But it should be but one of several steps that the international community takes to support the Iranian people. (2/5)
Iranian social media users have documented horrific acts of violence against women, children, and protesters in recent weeks as the regime grapples with the ongoing #MahsaAmini movement. (3/5)
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Dec 14
The #Iranian regime appointed key clerics responsible for indoctrinating a significant portion of the security forces, possibly to improve efforts to ideologically subordinate security officers.
Today’s update from @criticalthreats and @TheStudyofWar. criticalthreats.org/analysis/iran-… 1/6
Protest coordinators and organizations have planned more anti-regime demonstrations in the coming days. 2/6
At least eight protests occurred in five cities across five provinces in #Iran on December 13. 3/6
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