As Russia and Iran threaten to implode, Georgia finds itself in the crosshairs
I haven’t been able to peel my eyes off Iran this week, where women continue to show mindblowing courage in the face of police brutality. Dozens have been killed. But with nationwide internet blackouts and bans, people can no longer access their social media accounts and information coming out of Iran is sparse.
One curious tidbit that caught my attention was this IranWire story. Apparently, Revolutionary Guard commanders have moved their families to a “safe place” in Tehran and have been promised safe passage to Georgia “if nationwide protests intensify,” or “if the government is overthrown.”
Georgia does have relatively friendly relations with Tehran, but my sources say that there are for now no plans to shelter the families of the Revolutionary Guard.
The country is already overwhelmed trying to deal with a massive influx of Russian men seeking to escape Putin’s draft. So long is the queue at the border, that these men are waiting over 24 hours to get into Georgia.