With people’s anger towards the regime reaching a boiling point and the security forces either reluctant or unable to suppress the protests, the regime decided to resort to proxy forces.
Reports indicate that Irian is deploying its proxy forces to assist its coercive apparatus in cracking down on protesters. Some observers described this as a psychological warfare tactic to deter Iranians from joining the anti-regime protests. These reports, however, appear accurate and demonstrate the regime’s failure to control the ongoing revolution with local forces.
The ongoing social unrest in Iran started on September 16, after the death of Mahsa Amini, a twenty-two-year-old Kurdish woman murdered by the Islamic Republic’s “morality police.” The protests quickly spread throughout the country and the regime’s security forces could not contain them despite using brutal force.
DAY 67 of #IranRevolution in Javanrud, W. #Iran, the regime's suppressive forces continue firing live ammunition on protesters using heavy machine guns, killing and injuring many. The people refuse to back down. #جوانرود #قیام_تا_سرنگونی pic.twitter.com/aEYMCDZe1E
— Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) November 21, 2022
