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Monthly Archives: October 2022

Mahsa Amini’s Family Lawyers Sue Authorities as Pressures Mount

Iranwire – The family of Mahsa Amini, whose death in police custody sparked weeks of mass protest across Iran, is facing increased pressure and surveillance from Iran’s central security forces, as well as Kurdistan provincial agencies. An informed source told IranWire: “Members of Mahsa Amini’s family have received many death threats from the security forces.” Lawyers acting for Mahsa’s family …

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Protests Galvanize Iranians Abroad in Hope, Worry and Unity

VOA – As anti-government protests roil cities and towns in Iran for a fourth week, tens of thousands of Iranians living abroad have marched on the streets of Europe, North America and beyond in support of what many believe to be a watershed moment for their home country. From those who fled in the 1980s after Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution …

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‘This Time It’s Different’: Iran Actress Golshifteh Farahani Lauds Protests

VOA – Exiled Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani said Tuesday that she was filled with admiration for the protesters in Iran: “beautiful, feminine, hair in the wind, asking simply for freedom.” The 39-year-old star of films, including “Extraction” and “Body of Lies,” has lived in exile in France for more than a decade. She has largely avoided politics in the past, …

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UN: Iran Protest Casualty Numbers Blurry Due to Restricted Access

VOA – U.N. agencies say restrictions in accessing information in Iran make it difficult to verify the number of people killed and injured in the anti-government protests that began last month. Iranian state media report 41 protesters and security forces have died; however, Iran Human Rights, a Norway-based nonprofit organization, says at least 154 people have been killed by security …

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IRGC forces kill Kurdish protester under torture

Iran-HRM – A Kurdish protester from Saqqez, Ismail Dezwar, was arrested and severely tortured by the intelligence services in Iran. IRGC intelligence forces in plainclothes had taken Ismail Dezwar’s body to Shafa Hospital in Saqqez inside an ambulance at 11 p.m. Sunday, October 9, 2022. One hospital staff mentioned that Ismail Dezwar died because of severe torture. Bruises on his …

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Iran Protests: Death Toll Rises to at Least 201/Children Victims of the Crackdown

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – At least 201 people including 23 children, have been killed in the nationwide protests in Iran. The investigation into the extent of the repression and possible number of deaths in Kurdistan over the last three days is still ongoing. The city’s internet has been severely disrupted. Iran Human Rights warns of the impending bloody crackdown against protesters …

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Security forces reportedly fire on crowds as protests rock Kurdish city

Al-Monitor – Sounds of heavy gunfire, blasts and relentless shooting reverberated across the western Iranian city of Sanandaj on Tuesday, witnesses confirmed to Al-Monitor. Security forces were heavily deployed there to crush dissent in the Kurdish city. Riot police backed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Basij militia have maintained a large presence in Sanandaj since protests were ignited by the …

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Iran racing to expand enrichment at underground plant, IAEA report shows

Al-Arabia – Iran is rapidly expanding its ability to enrich uranium with advanced centrifuges at its underground plant at Natanz and now intends to go further than previously planned, a confidential UN nuclear watchdog report seen by Reuters showed on Monday. While indirect talks between Iran and the United States on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal have stalled, Tehran …

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France Says Five Nationals Held In Iran

RFL/RE – There are now five French nationals being held in Iran, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna has said, after Paris last week said it was verifying if a fifth French national had been detained during protests in Iran. France last week urged its citizens to leave Iran as soon as possible, saying they were exposed to the risk of …

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Twenty-Four Days and Counting: Iran Protests See Ongoing Killings and Threats

Iranwire – As widespread anti-government protests entered their twenty-fourth day, high schools across Iran faced chaotic scenes following security forces’ crackdown against protesting students on Monday, October 11. Fierce clashes between riot police and protesters in the Kurdish city of Sanandaj were met with international condemnation after the city woke to the sounds of explosions and heavy gunfire. Footage from Sanandaj showed riot police firing live …

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