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The combined force continued to target Iranian internal security institutions responsible for maintaining stability and suppressing protests. Iranian media reported on March 1 that the combined force targeted the West Azerbaijan Provincial Border Guard.[1] West Azerbaijan Province is located along Iran’s border with Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan. Iranian media separately reported on March 1 that the combined force struck the Mehran Border Regiment in Ilam Province, killing 22 security personnel.[2] Mehran is also located along the Iran-Iraq border. The combined force may have struck the IRGC Ansar ol Mehdi Unit, which is an IRGC Ground Forces unit in Zanjan Province.[3] The regime has historically deployed IRGC Ground Forces units to suppress internal unrest.[4] The combined force also targeted the Shahr-e Rey Law Enforcement Command (LEC) Station in Tehran, which may have played a role in the violent crackdown on protesters in Tehran during the most recent protest wave in December 2025 and January 2026.[5] The combined force has also conducted cyberattacks as part of its stated objective to topple the regime. Reuters reported on March 1 that likely US and Israeli hackers hacked multiple Iranian news sites and a common religious calendar app with the message, “it’s time for reckoning.”[6][7] The messages also urged security forces to disarm and join Iranian civilians.[8]
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