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iranintl – Iran denies involvement in the Hamas massacre of October 7, but a new report says the Islamist group postponed the attack upon coordination with Tehran.  Israeli journalist Ben Caspit said Sunday that Hamas’s mass infiltration and onslaught leaving 1,400 mostly civilians dead and 241 hostages taken into Gaza, was originally intended to take place during last Passover’s Seder meal Jewish holiday in April, which happened …

Iranwire – A group of UN experts has expressed “shock” over the death of Armita Geravand, a 16-year-old Iranian girl who was hospitalized after collapsing on a subway in Tehran last month following an altercation about failing to wear a headscarf. In a statement on November 2, the eight experts called for an “independent, prompt and impartial” investigation into Armita’s …

VOA – Thai officials held direct talks with Hamas in Iran last week over the fate of 22 of the kingdom’s nationals taken hostage by the Palestinian militant group in its attack on Israel, the head of the Thai delegation said. Negotiators met Hamas officials in Tehran on Oct. 26 and were given a pledge that the Thais would be …

RFL/RE – Sources have told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda that Iran’s Intelligence Ministry in the central city of Isfahan has arrested 10 people who are adherents of the Baha’i faith, the country’s largest non-Muslim community. The sources, who spoke to Radio Farda on condition of anonymity, said that security agents armed with judicial orders detained Yeganeh Agahi, Negin Khademi, Arzoo Sabhanian, Yeganeh Rouhbakhsh, …

iranintl – Leading Senate Republicans have expressed concern over Biden’s pick for ambassador to Israel because of his role in negotiating the Iran nuclear deal in 2015. Jack Lew was Treasury Secretary during the Obama administration, when $400 million in cash was delivered to the Iranian regime on the day of the implementation of the deal.  “He was an ATM to the …

Iranwire – Bestowing the title of “Martyr” to Brigadier-General Rostam Ghasemi, the former economic affairs director of the Quds Force, the expeditionary branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who was the minister of Roads and Urban Development in the administration of President Ebrahim Raisi, has once again brought up the issue of suspicious deaths of a number of …

iranintl – US Assistant Secretary of Defense Christopher Maier told a Congressional panel on Thursday that the Defense Department is looking into reports whether his chief of staff had contacts had covert contacts with Iran. Iran International published a report September 26, detailing information obtained from hundreds of emails by Iranian diplomats showing that three individuals close to US Special …

RFL/RE – Iran’s decision to bar some UN nuclear inspectors suggests it is not interested in being a responsible actor when it comes to its atomic program, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on September 22. “We tried to work indirectly with Iran as well as with European partners and even Russia and China to see if we can …

iranintl – US State Department has strongly condemned threats against Iran International reporters by the entourage of the Iranian president during their visit to the UN this week. A State Department official in response to inquiries said that they have seen reports of threats, and assault on, an Iran International journalist by a member of the Iranian delegation. The behavior …

CHRI – While Iranians around the world commemorated the anniversary of Iran’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement with demonstrations, inside Iran, at least one civilian suffered a gunshot wound to the head as armed state security forces were deployed throughout the nation to suppress protests. “One year after Jina Amini’s killing, not one Iranian official has been held accountable for her …