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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …