Reports related to demonstrations and public protests
On Saturday, March 6, 2026, a Basij base in Tehranpars, Tehran, was targeted, resulting in massive smoke rising from the site.
The Sar-e Mortezaei Basij Base and a hunting rifle complex in Kashan Street, Tehran, were struck in attacks targeting repressive centers of the Islamic Republic regime in the capital.
Masih Alinejad, an activist, referenced her statements from 2022 during the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, where she called for the removal of Ali Khamenei and his regime. She noted that Iranians are now celebrating Khamenei's death as a sign of justice and emphasized the need for international action to end the Islamic Republic, which she considers a sponsor of terror.
An unidentified group bombed another Basij Revolutionary Corps headquarters in Iran. The article notes that Basij members typically keep weapons at home, posing significant danger, and suggests that Iranians need to arm themselves to confront the Basij, even after such attacks.
An IRGC base in Varamin, south of Tehran, was destroyed in recent military operations. The base was reportedly used to train foreign Shia terrorists from countries including Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine, and Afghanistan.
A video circulated on social media shows a large explosion in western Tehran early Saturday morning, March 7, reportedly captured from inside a house and attributed to an airstrike.
On March 16, 2026, at 13:30 local time, explosions occurred in the center of Tehran, hitting the Basij base at Sar Martazavi on Kashan Street and the hunting rifle complex near Haram Square and the intersection of Sepah and Kamali streets.
On Saturday, March 16, a video showed a large explosion at around 3 a.m. in the Kuhak neighborhood of western Tehran, near the IRGC Aerospace Force Command.
On March 7, 2026, 14 members of the Khabarghan Majlis in Iran refused to participate in a session aimed at recognizing Mojtaba Khamenei as his father's successor, protesting against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) actions and the lack of legal support. The session was held to prevent a potential campaign by the United States and Israel.
In a week of intense conflict in Iran during late 2025, the US military operations resulted in the deaths of thousands of IRGC and Basij forces, the destruction of the Iranian navy and all IRGC bases, and the reported death of Supreme Leader Khamenei, with his successor Mojtaba in hiding.
On Saturday, March 16, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump responded to a social media post by Masoud Pezeshkian, in which Pezeshkian apologized to neighboring countries for Iran's relentless attacks by America and Israel.
On March 3, 2026, at 1400Z, the IRGC Basij Beheshti headquarters in Tehran, located in Tehran Province, Iran (coordinates: 35.7305, 51.4819), was targeted.
