Iran Regime Kills Protesters as Unrest and Calls for Regime Change Spread Nationwide

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is Iran’s most powerful military and security organization, separate from the regular armed forces. It reports directly to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and functions as the regime’s primary ideological enforcer and protector. Photo courtesy of Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Protests in Iran, which have been ongoing for at least five days, turned deadly as unrest spread to at least 17 of the country’s 31 provinces on December 31.