The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) performed on Sunday several missile and air defence exercises throughout Iran, Iranian media reported.
The exercises were made as a deterrent move by the Ayatollah's regime, while Iranians keep protesting nationwide for the eighth day in a row.
Reports also described an increased amount of violence used by the Iranian regime to stop protestors, with Farsi-language Iran International reporting that more than 500 people were arrested since the protests erupted last week.
The newspaper also reported that videos on social media showed forces from the Islamic Republic rushing into a hospital in the city of Ilam, where wounded protestors were being treated.
A report by The New York Times, citing three Iranian officials, said that the Islamic Republic was "operating under survival mode," and that "it didn't have a clear answer to the protests."
According to cited sources within the Iranian government, the country's leaders are struggling to handle the wave of protests sweeping through the country.
This struggle has increased substantially following threats by US President Donald Trump on Friday, in which he said that America was "locked and loaded" to assist protestors if government forces attacked them.
The Times: Khamenei plans escape to Moscow if protests intensify
The supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reportedly has an "escape plan" that involves fleeing to Russia if the current nationwide protests continue to intensify, British newspaper The Times reported on Sunday.
The plan, called "Plan B" by the British report, would include 86-year-old Khamenei and 20 close people, including family and aides.
It will also involve a way of taking his vast asset network, which, according to a 2013 Reuters investigation cited by The Times, is valued at about $95 billion, and includes the Setad organization, one of the most powerful organizations in Iran, and the Ayatollah's system of semi-state charitable foundations known for their financial obfuscation.
Tzvi Jasper contributed to this report.