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RFL/RE – Mohammad Nayeb-Zehi was among the hundreds of worshippers who gathered on September 30 at the Great Mosalla, a religious site in Iran’s southeastern city of Zahedan, for Friday Prayers. Just hours later, the 16-year-old’s family learned he was dead. Nayeb-Zehi was among the scores of people gunned down by security forces in a brutal crackdown following anti-government protests …

RFL/RE – Permanent workers in Iran’s oil industry say they will join a strike announced by contract oil workers and will stop work on October 29 to protest the government’s crackdown on a wave of nationwide demonstrations following last month’s death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman arrested for not wearing her hijab “properly.” The announced strike of petrochemical industry …

Iranwire – Iranian leaders are trying to link the ongoing wave of anti-government protests to this week’s deadly gun attack on a Shia shrine in the southern city of Shiraz. In a speech on Thursday, October 27, President Ibrahim Raisi alleged that the popular demonstrations against the Iranian regime allowed for the shooting at the Shahcheragh Shrine the previous day, …

Iranwire – On Wednesday, October 26, as thousands of protesters across Iran marked the 40th day since the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Morality Police, official news agencies reported a deadly “terrorist attack” on a Shia shrine in the southern city of Shiraz. The news broke after several prominent figures and media outlets close to the clerical regime warned …

Iranwire – Iranian security forces have reportedly used violence against protesters who had gathered at a cemetery in the western province of Lorestan where Nika Shakarami’s family planned to hold a ceremony to mark the 40th day since the death of the teenage girl. An angry crowd gathered at the cemetery in the village of Veisian on Thursday, October 27, …