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RFL/RE – Prominent Iranian political prisoner Bahareh Hedayat has announced the end of her hunger strike in protest against the escalating repression by the Islamic government at the request of the families of Mahsa Amini and Javad Rouhi to mark the first anniversary of Amini’s arrest by morality police over an alleged head-scarf infraction. Three days later, Amini died in custody. “Today, …

Iranwire – Iranian security forces are inspecting vehicles entering and leaving the western Kurdish city of Saqqez as part of increased security measures ahead of the September 16 anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death. Metal rods fitted with spikes pointing upward have been placed behind concrete blocks at the entrance points of Amini’s hometown.  The Iranian authorities, fearing a flare up …

Iranwire – The Iranian government says it has summoned the Australian chargé d’affaires to protest what it described as an “interventionist statement” and a new round of sanctions against the Islamic Republic. In a statement issued on September 13, Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Penny Wong, announced that her country was imposing financial sanctions and travel bans on “four individuals …

Iranwire – A criminal complaint was filed with Paris prosecutors on September 14 against an Iranian minister and the top commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its elite Quds force for “death threats and justifying terrorism.” The case against Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, IRGC commander-in-chief Hossein Salami and Quds force head Esmail Qaani refers to public threats …

Iranwire – Iranian security forces have shot and killed a young man who had called on people to “participate in a protest rally,” a human rights organization reported. The human rights website Hengaw said that Hamed Bagheri lost his life on the evening of September 13 in Karaj, near Tehran, after being hit by four bullets.  The man had been …