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As Iranian Protests Continue, Leadership Makes Contingency Plans
Iran is ramping up their response to the on-going protests first sparked by the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while she was in custody of the morality police for improperly wearing her hijab. Many protestors are being arrested and tortured. The country’s judiciary has admitted to publicly hanging two men, both convicted of “enmity against God” for attacking members of the paramilitary Basij Resistance Force who had been employed to quell the protests. However, anti-government groups and human rights organizations insist that the confessions of the men to the crimes were coerced through torture. Expect the violence to increase as the unease of the regime’s leadership grows. In case of a revolution, representatives are already negotiating with Venezuela for asylum and a safe haven should Iran’s leaders have to flee.