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iranintl – The US considers Iran ‘at least complicit’ in Hamas attack on Israel, the State Department said Tuesday, after insisting it had no evidence of Tehran’s direct involvement. Spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters the Biden administration is now trying to establish if the regime in Iran or elements within the system contributed to the planning of the attack by …

RFL/RE – Students at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran have protested after authorities at the school imposed gender segregation in university libraries. The Sharif Today Telegram channel, which covers events at the university, reported on October 9 that “the Faculty of Energy separated study halls by [gender], which led to student protests,” without specifying when exactly the measure was imposed …

Iranwire – Nazila Maroofian, an Iranian journalist who was arrested four times in the past year, left for France after receiving death threats. “I was forced to leave my homeland. I wanted to seek refuge in a country that upholds human rights, where I can share my experiences and those of people like me and my colleagues,” Maroofian said in …

Iranwire – During the initial hours of the Hamas terrorist group’s unprecedented and violent assault on Israel, the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran openly expressed their full support for the attack. They went so far as to offer congratulations, with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s Twitter account reiterating that the “destruction of Israel” was imminent. Is the Islamic Republic …

Iranwire – The lawyer of Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned Iranian activist who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, says he was prevented from meeting with his client because she refused to wear a head covering. “Today, I went to [Terhran’s] Evin prison to meet with Mrs. Narges Mohammadi,” Mustafa Nili wrote on the social media platform X.  “After waiting for a while …