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RFL/RE – An Iranian court on October 22 sentenced two female journalists to prison for their coverage of the 2022 death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The state IRNA news agency reported that Niloofar Hamedi, 31, had been sentenced to seven years in prison, while Elahah Mohammadi, 36, was given a six-year sentence for “collaborating with the hostile U.S. government.”In addition, …

VOA – A human rights group covering Iran has identified 24 demonstrators among those detained Friday by authorities during protests in the country’s Zahedan region. The Hengaw Human Rights Organization posted an online report Saturday identifying the Baloch detainees. Among them are five teenagers: Mohammad Amin Mohammadzehi, 14; Yaser Ali-Zehi, 17; Balal Rakhshani, 15; Yasin Isa-Zehi-Rigi, 17; and Mohammad Oweis …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Why did Hamas trigger its attack out of the blue? Hamas apologists repeat the usual shibboleths: occupation, colonial settlements, expulsions, Apartheid, the two-state solution. A closer look, however, shows that none of those “reasons” could explain, let alone justify, why Hamas did what it did on October 7. The [Palestinian Authority] and Hamas have preferred to pose as …

Al-Monitor – Iran will be held “accountable”, Biden warns US President Joe Biden, in his speech to the nation Thursday, said Hamas and Russia are linked because they “both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy,” threats to the US-led international order which cannot be allowed to win. Biden also connected Russia and Hamas via Iran, which is supporting both parties …

iranintl – A prominent Iranian politician has called for the establishment of a tribunal to bring to trial the statesmen who have jeopardized Iran’s national interests. The former head of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Relations Committee Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh has told the press in Iran that three groups of Iranian statesmen should be put on trial on charges of weakening …