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Analysis: Iran pushes militarily abroad amid unrest at home

FILE - In this photo provided by the Revolutionary Guard's Ground Force Oct. 17, 2022, troops stand while attending a manoeuver in northwestern Iran. As protests rage at home, Iran's theocratic government is increasingly flexing its military muscle abroad. That includes supplying drones to Russia that now kill Ukrainian civilians, running drills in a border region with Azerbaijan and bombing Kurdish positions in Iraq. (Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Ground Force via AP, File) FILE - Firefighters work after a drone attack on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct. 17, 2022. As protests rage at home, Iran's theocratic government is increasingly flexing its military muscle abroad. That includes supplying drones to Russia that now kill Ukrainian civilians, running drills in a border region with Azerbaijan and bombing Kurdish positions in Iraq. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna, File) FILE - In this photo released by the Iranian Army on Aug. 25, 2022, a drone is launched from a warship in a military drone drill in Iran. As protests rage at home, Iran's theocratic government is increasingly flexing its military muscle abroad. That includes supplying drones to Russia that now kill Ukrainian civilians, running drills in a border region with Azerbaijan and bombing Kurdish positions in Iraq. (Iranian Army via AP, File) FILE - In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Iranians protest the death of Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. As protests rage at home, Iran's theocratic government is increasingly flexing its military muscle abroad. That includes supplying drones to Russia that now kill Ukrainian civilians, running drills in a border region with Azerbaijan and bombing Kurdish positions in Iraq. (AP Photo/Middle East Images, File) FILE - In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, Oct. 1, 2022. As protests rage at home, Iran's theocratic government is increasingly flexing its military muscle abroad. That includes supplying drones to Russia that now kill Ukrainian civilians, running drills in a border region with Azerbaijan and bombing Kurdish positions in Iraq. (AP Photo/Middle East Images, File)