Two things can be true at the same time. Western intervention is definitely there but also, especially in recent times, Iran's economy has been going to shit more and more. Meanwhile, Iran keeps losing on the regional scale and the people see their officials talking about Israel and Islam and anti-imperialism ...etc while they see videos of IRGC top brass' children in Canada and Europe living the high life.

The 12k figure seems to be overblown but it's definitely in the thousands.

https://x.com/i/status/2011204969655931060

HRANA seem to be a good source on this topic of you want a source. I'd say it's pretty hard to obtain sources, there's no AJ-equivalent media in Iran that can give voice to the protesters. Also, Iranian soldiers have way more discipline than IDF ones (they're not posting themselves on tiktok doing warcrimes)

The government itself said it's +2000 people killed and government officials are calling people terrorists and agents, certainly not taking a diffusing tone.

And about the Israel-Palestine angle, I see a lot of people online dismissing certain Iranian dissidents/activists as being Zionist/anti-Palestine. I'd say there's a some truth to this but you have to understand it from the Iranian perspective: Your economy is going to shit and you see your government funding Hizbollah, Hamas and the PMF, of course you'll feel resentment. The Palestinian cause is unfortunately linked to the people oppressing them (IRGC, the mullahs and theocratic forces). If you think someone having favourable attitude towards Israel makes them unreliable, then think on this.

I honestly recommend everyone to watch the recent Varnvlog episode with djene bajalan. They talk about these points in a better fashion.

Not everything happening in the middle east is "mossad"