Reports related to demonstrations and public protests
Documents from a regime safehouse were scattered into the street after a bombing of a residential building in an unspecified location in Iran. The United States and Israel are reported to have knowledge of the locations of these safehouses across Iran.
On March 9, 2026, Islamic Republic media published images of Mohammad Reza Aref, deputy to Masoud Pezeshkian, visiting Law Enforcement Command patrols. Social media reports indicate that Islamic Republic police and Basij forces are deployed in Tehran, attempting to intimidate citizens.
Lebanese Shiite scholar Maytham Issa criticized Hezbollah’s Naim Qassem, calling him a "terrorist and a lowly Iranian slave" and questioning the rationale behind avenging Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei, stating such actions are "suicide, not jihad."
On Tuesday, March 19, 2026, the U.S. Secretary of Defense announced the most intense attacks on Iran since the start of the war, involving extensive use of fighter jets, bombers, and strikes. The U.S. has targeted over 5,000 sites in Iran, including more than 50 ships, according to General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
On Tuesday, March 9, a video circulating on social media showed successive explosions in the city of Jerusalem due to an airstrike as U.S. and Israeli military attacks on Iran entered their eleventh day.
Around 00:30 early Tuesday, March 19, a building in Mehrshahr, Karaj, was targeted and destroyed in an attack. The building was reportedly a safe house of the IRGC or a home of a terrorist leader.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth declined to comment on reports of Mojtaba Khamenei's injury when questioned by a journalist, stating, "I cannot comment on his current status." He also advised Khamenei to heed Donald Trump's message regarding the pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Australian television reported that five Iranian female players escaped from their Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) handlers. The players were trapped in an elevator while the IRGC chased them down the stairs, but someone inside the building locked the garage door from the inside, aiding their escape.
On Tuesday, March 19, the Sorkheh Hesar area of Tehran was targeted by airstrikes, according to videos received by Iran International.
On Tuesday, March 19, Tabriz was targeted by airstrikes, with black smoke from the explosions visible in the city.
The Israeli Defense Forces announced on Tuesday, March 10, 2025, that they launched a large wave of attacks against the infrastructure of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Tehran earlier that day.
Asadollah Badfar, head of the Basij in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic, was killed during joint attacks by Israel and the United States on the Islamic Republic. His funeral was held on March 8 in Qom.
