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Monthly Archives: October 2022

Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrollah Defends Islamic Republic as Khamenei Stays Silent

Iranwire – Even as the two-week silence of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the face of Iran’s ongoing protests, has caused widespread speculation, the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah has come out in support of the Islamic Republic. Referring to the September 16 death of Mahsa Amini, after being arrested by the morality police, Hassan Nasrollah said in this speech: …

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Iran: The Chained Volcano

gatestoneinstitute.org – Today’s Damavand [volcano] s made of a new generation of Iranians who don’t give tuppence about the Islamic Republic’s arcane narrative, and prefer life in the modern world, warts and all, to the North Korean-style society that “Supreme Guide” Ali Khamenei is trying to impose on Iran. The uprising was triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa …

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Iran Allows US Citizen Out of Prison Temporarily

VOA – Siamak Namazi, an Iranian American imprisoned in Iran for nearly seven years on espionage-related charges rejected by Washington as baseless, has been allowed out of Tehran’s Evin prison on a one-week furlough, officials said Saturday. Separately, his father and former United Nations official Baquer Namazi, who was also convicted on charges of “collaboration with a hostile government,” has …

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Thousands March in Canada in Solidarity With Iran Protests

VOA — Several thousand people marched in Montreal and other Canadian cities Saturday in solidarity with protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s notorious morality police. A wave of street violence has rocked Iran since Amini, 22, died days after her arrest for allegedly failing to observe the Islamic republic’s strict dress code for women. …

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Students Protesting at Multiple Iranian Universities Amid Violent Security Clampdowns

VOA – Protests were reported Saturday at more than half a dozen Iranian universities as government security forces scrambled to crack down, firing at protesters in the capital, Tehran. The protests followed violent clashes between protesters and security forces in the Baluchistan capital of Zahedan, in which at least 20 people were reportedly killed, including three security force members. Iranian …

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Iran Protests: Death Toll Rises to 133 / 40+ Killed in Zahedan’s “Bloody Friday”

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); October 2, 2022: Nationwide protests sparked by the police murder of Mahsa (Jina) Amini continue despite the bloody crackdown and internet shutdown. Security forces in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan province gunned down protesters, killing more than 40 people on September 30. Iran Human Rights condemns the killing of protesters in the strongest possible terms, particularly the killings …

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