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Seif al-Adel, a former Egyptian special forces officer who is a high-ranking member of al Qaeda with a $10 million US bounty on his head, is now the "uncontested" leader of the militant group, according to a new U.N. report on the organization.</blockquote></ref> shielded by the IRGC.

Seif al-Adel, a former Egyptian special forces officer who is a high-ranking member of al Qaeda with a $10 million US bounty on his head, is now the "uncontested" leader of the militant group, according to a new U.N. report on the organization.</blockquote></ref> shielded by the IRGC.

==Iran protests 2019-2020==

==Iran protests==

===2019-2020===

Sparked by the Governments' annouced rising fuel prices, the protests spread to the wider grievances against the oppressive regime. The regime shut down the internet. <ref>Tamara Qiblawi, [https://web.archive.org/web/20191119012023/https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/18/middleeast/iran-protests-explained-intl/index.html Iran's 'largest internet shutdown ever' is happening now. Here's what you need to know], ''CNN'', November 18, 2019.</ref>

Sparked by the Governments' annouced rising fuel prices, the protests spread to the wider grievances against the oppressive regime. The regime shut down the internet. <ref>Tamara Qiblawi, [https://web.archive.org/web/20191119012023/https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/18/middleeast/iran-protests-explained-intl/index.html Iran's 'largest internet shutdown ever' is happening now. Here's what you need to know], ''CNN'', November 18, 2019.</ref>

Some 1,500 died and hundreds were injured after Iran's leader ordered crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it.'

Some 1,500 died and hundreds were injured after Iran's leader ordered crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it.'

<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-protests-specialreport/special-report-irans-leader-ordered-crackdown-on-unrest-do-whatever-it-takes-to-end-it-idUSKBN1YR0QR Special Report: Iran's leader ordered crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it'], ''Reuters, Dec 23, 2019.<blockquote>About 1,500 people were killed during less than two weeks of unrest...</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.voanews.com/amp/middle-east_voa-news-iran_us-confirms-report-citing-iran-officials-saying-1500-killed-protests/6181546.html Confirms Report Citing Iran Officials as Saying 1,500 Killed in Protests], ''VOA'', Dec 23, 2019.<blockquote> The United States has confirmed a news report citing unnamed Iranian officials as saying about 1,500 people were killed in a crackdown...</blockquote></ref>

<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-protests-specialreport/special-report-irans-leader-ordered-crackdown-on-unrest-do-whatever-it-takes-to-end-it-idUSKBN1YR0QR Special Report: Iran's leader ordered crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it'], ''Reuters, Dec 23, 2019.<blockquote>About 1,500 people were killed during less than two weeks of unrest...</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.voanews.com/amp/middle-east_voa-news-iran_us-confirms-report-citing-iran-officials-saying-1500-killed-protests/6181546.html Confirms Report Citing Iran Officials as Saying 1,500 Killed in Protests], ''VOA'', Dec 23, 2019.<blockquote> The United States has confirmed a news report citing unnamed Iranian officials as saying about 1,500 people were killed in a crackdown...</blockquote></ref>

==Drugs - cartel==

==Drugs - cartel==