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rferl.org – Iran has criticized a call by France, Germany, and Britain for the United Nations to investigate accusations that Russia has used Iranian-made drones to attack Ukraine. Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said on October 22 the initiative announced the previous day by the so-called E-3 group of countries was “false and baseless” and that it was “strongly rejected …

rferl.org – Iranian factory workers and shopkeepers went on strike on October 22 as nationwide protests sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, arrested for “improperly” wearing a head scarf entered a sixth week, activists said. The death of 22-year-old Amini has fueled the biggest protests seen in the Islamic republic in years. Young women have led the …

Al-Arabia – Two days before a fire ripped through a section of Iran’s Evin prison and killed at least eight people, a riot police unit arrived at the compound and began to patrol the corridors, shouting “God is Greatest” and banging batons on cell doors, six sources told Reuters.The patrols at the Tehran jail began without any apparent provocation by …

RFL/RE – Young people have played a prominent role in the ongoing anti-government protests that have rocked Iran for the past month. Young women and teenage girls have taken to the streets in major cities, removing and burning their head scarves. In universities and high schools, female students have chanted “Woman, life, freedom” and called on Iran’s ruling “mullahs” to get lost. …

RFL/RE – Canada says it will host an online meeting of the world’s female foreign ministers on October 20 to discuss the current unrest in Iran, which was sparked by the death of a young woman who was in police custody for “improperly” wearing a hijab. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced the meeting on October 19, saying it would give …