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Shabtabnew – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned Iran’s religious police for the death of 22-year-old Zhina (Mahsa) Amini. Following her arrest in Tehran for improperly wearing a hijab in compliance with religiously-grounded laws, authorities detained and interrogated Amini at the Vozara detention center. There, she experienced blows to the head while under interrogation and reportedly suffered …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei refrained on Wednesday from commenting on ongoing protests in his first public appearance since anti-regime demonstrations sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody escalated. Khamenei addressed a gathering in Tehran that included senior military commanders ahead of the anniversary of the start of the eight-year-long Iran-Iraq war in 1980. …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The land grant will ostensibly be used to grow staple crops… allowing water-starved Iran to better feed its population… Iran’s current use of Venezuela, however… combined with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), raise the possibility that Iran and its surrogate terrorist groups, such as Hezbollah and Hamas, might be using the vast acreage for military and terrorist …

RFL/RE – At least three people have been killed in Iran during protests over the death of a 22-year-old woman who was taken into custody by the country’s morality police. Human rights groups said Mahsa Amini was detained for breaking Iran’s strict religious laws requiring Muslim women to wear a head scarf. Protests continued across the country on September 20 …

Iranwire – The U.S. Treasury Department has given tacit approval to an expansion of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service to cover Iran at a time of mass protests and internet shutdowns. The SpaceX CEO was petitioned by Iranians on social media over the weekend to offer the same improved coverage to Iran as to other countries. Since last Friday, when demonstrations …