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Al-Monitor – Protests in Iran reached the capital city of Iran’s Kurdistan province on Saturday, as the uproar sparked by the death of a young woman blamed on Tehran’s morality police continued to spread. Protesters in Sanandaj, the provincial capital of Iran’s Kurdistan province, shouted slogans – such as “death to the dictator” and “death to Khamenei” – against Supreme …

gatestoneinstitute.org – By publicly announcing that an attack on Tel Aviv and Haifa is being planned, Heydari gives Israel a reason to claim “the right of self-defense” or “preventive war” if and when it decides to take military action against the Islamic Republic. He says that Arash-2 is capable of covering the estimated 1,100 kilometers distance between a launching pad …

Iran-HRM – Farhad Ghahremani who has been arrested for demanding a halt to executions in Iran was taken to the Investigation Unit of Iran’s police (Agahi) where he remains at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. The woman holds a placard reading "No to executions" during the gathering of families of prisoners who have been handed death sentences. Families of …

VOA – Arab media is reporting that an Israeli airstrike on a weapons depot in the vicinity of the Damascus Airport has left at a number of Syrian government soldiers and pro-Iranian militia fighters dead. Syrian TV reported that government anti-air defense missiles responded to the Israeli airstrikes that took place early Saturday morning in the region of Damascus Airport. …

Al-Monitor – Iranian security forces opened fire on Saturday on a crowd of protesters mourning the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini following her arrest by the “guidance patrol,” a police unit in charge of enforcing mandatory hijab rules.  According to Hengaw, a media organization monitoring the human rights situation in Iran, at least 13 people were injured, one of them in …