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VOA — The U.S. State Department has denounced as “abhorrent” Iran’s apparent coercion of its Jewish minority into staging an unprecedented series of anti-Israel rallies in five Iranian cities Oct. 30. In a Friday email to VOA, a State Department spokesperson said the Biden administration is aware of reports Iranian authorities “coerced Iranian Jewish leaders and their communities” to engage in …

VOA – Thousands of protesters rallied across Iran on Saturday against the United States and Israel and in support of Palestinians in the war-torn Gaza Strip. “Down with USA” and “Down with Israel,” chanted demonstrators gathered in front of the former U.S. embassy in Tehran, an AFP journalist reported. Demonstrators set ablaze an effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu …

iranintl – The scandal-plagued Iranian ex-ambassador to the UN, Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, is being investigated for allegedly promoting Hamas and antisemitism at Oberlin College. The walls are closing in on the self-described “Professor of Peace,” Mahallati, who has faced accusations from Amnesty International in two reports for covering up the Iranian regime’s massacre of 5,000 dissidents while serving as ambassador to the UN …

iranintl – Friday Imams in Iran echoed Supreme Leader’s anti-US rhetoric in their sermons in a concerted move on the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran. On November 4, 1979, pro-Khomeini Islamist and leftist students occupied the US embassy and took hostage more than 50 US diplomats for 444 days. In their sermons, Iran’s Friday …

RFL/RE – In a significant expansion of dress-code enforcement, Tehran has seen the deployment of “hijab enforcers” within the grounds of Tehran University and the streets surrounding Amir Kabir University, as well as key areas in the city. The move coincides with disciplinary actions against students, notably more than 50 female students at Tehran University who have faced reprimands and suspensions for …