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Al-Arabia – Iranian authorities have denied reports security forces killed a 16-year-old girl during protests ignited by the death of a woman in police custody, Iranian media reported on Friday, saying she committed suicide by falling off a roof. Social media reports and rights group Amnesty International have said Sarina Esmaeilzadeh was killed by security forces when she was struck …

RFL/RE – An Iranian coroner’s report says Mahsa Amini’s death was not caused by blows to the head or limbs but was instead linked to disease, disputing family objections that the 22-year-old was in good health when taken into custody for purportedly wearing a hijab improperly. The state-controlled ISNA news agency said on October 7 that the Forensic Medicine Organization …

RFL/RE – Iranian actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mahtab Keramati said she has informed the UN Children’s Fund about reports of children being killed during the ongoing protests in Iran. Protests triggered by the death of a young Iranian woman after she was detained by the notorious morality police for not wearing the mandatory hijab properly have been violently suppressed …

Iranwire – A reporter in Iran has told IranWire that more than 40 journalists from across Iran have been arrested, summoned or threatened after recent nationwide protests. On Tuesday, October 1, 2022, the Association of Iranian Journalists published  a list of those arrested since the beginning of the protests, by province and city, according to which 23 journalists and media activists …

Iranwire – Behnam Layeghpour, 37, a tattoo artist from the northern city of Rasht, went on strike from his work in solidarity with the nationwide Mahsa Amini protests. He was shot dead by security forces a few days later. Behnam was in the countryside with his friends and girlfriend, on September 21, when security forces riding motorcycles started shooting at …