Christopher Cunningham

Iran: Regional Prepositioning. Intelligence confirms a second wave of Mahan Air assets departing for Damascus and Beirut today; this suggests a coordinated relocation of the administrative elite’s secondary tier and financial records.

Iran: Total Economic Blockade. The Grand Bazaar strike has entered a critical phase; today's reporting indicate that the "technical slowdowns" in the southern oil sectors have now escalated into full walkouts, threatening the regime’s primary source of foreign currency.

Iran: New satellite imagery shows the rapid construction of mobile security barriers and "extraction zones" around the IRGC headquarters; the regime is prioritising the physical security of the administrative elite over civilian infrastructure.

Iran: NetBlocks and local telemetry confirm that national connectivity has dropped to a historic low of 3 per cent; this is coupled with a systematic rollout of "Regional Intranet" protocols in Tehran and Isfahan to isolate protest hubs.

Iran: The Digital Enclave. The state is now structural "air-gapped" from its people; 9 Jan data showed Starlink jamming at 30% packet loss in Tehran. The IRGC is building a privateer digital infrastructure; a system of survival to protect the state from the governed.

Iran: The Tactical Signal. Government flight EP-IGD (Airbus A321) departed Tehran for Beirut at 10:58 AM on 9 January. In a climate of peak domestic unrest, such high-velocity movements suggest the regime is prepositioning ministerial assets or preparing for strategic extraction.