Iran Faces Severe Hardship, Civilian Losses, and Intensifying Information Control

The rial, fuel availability, purchasing power, employment, electricity supply, and distribution systems are worsening under sanctions and blockade pressure, with rationing and transport strikes raising political risks. Authorities are reportedly moderating or delaying some headscarf enforcement to preserve wartime unity, but executions, espionage charges, and information controls continue; there is still no reliable evidence of a new nationwide protest wave or imminent regime collapse.