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Iranwire – The situation remained tense in Qarchak women’s prison near Tehran late on September 17 where inmates set a fire the previous day. The incident unfolded on the afternoon of September 16, which marked the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody. In a phone call from the largest women’s prison in the Middle East, an inmate …

Iranwire – The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry says a prisoner exchange involving five Iranians and five Americans will take place on September 18 after some $6 billion once frozen in South Korea reached Qatar. “On the subject of the prisoner swap, it will happen today and five prisoners, citizens of the Islamic Republic, will be released from the prisons …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have detained Nima Rezaei, a musician who collaborated on the protest song “Beginning of the End,” and took him to an undisclosed location. Rezaei has had no communication with his family since his arrest near Tehran’s City Theater on September 17. The arrest came as protests continued across Iran amid a widespread crackdown by security forces …

Iranwire – Iranian police officers in the capital have brutally assaulted families who came to inquire about the condition of their loved ones detained during yesterday’s protests on the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini in custody. The families had gathered outside the Greater Tehran Police Command when they were attacked and beaten. In the video footage documenting …

Iranwire – A day after the one-year anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in custody, heavily armed forces are still patrolling her home town of Saqqez and helicopters are hovering overhead.  Forces are stationed in Azadi, Enghelab, Qods, Zindan, Vahdat and Karimabad squares and University Town, where Amini’s parents’ house is located.  As people are back to work after a day-long …