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Iranwire – Two teachers from Mahsa Amini’s home town of Saqqez, Aziz Marzi and Azad Amini, were arrested on Friday afternoon, just a day before the anniversary of the young woman’s death in police custody. The teachers are members of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union. Security forces raided their homes and took them to an undisclosed location. The arrests come amid …

Iranwire – Amid massive security presence, Mahsa Amini’s family visited her grave in the western Kurdish city of Saqqez on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the young woman’s death, IranWire has learned. Mahsa’s relatives went to Aichi cemetery on the evening of September 15, as helicopters were hovering over their heads and military personnel and police officers were …

Iranwire – Hundreds of anti-government protestors took to the streets of Zahedan on the eve of the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody, as the Sunni Friday prayer leader of the restive southeastern city hailed the “awakening” of the Iranian people. “Today, Iranians from diverse backgrounds, ethnicities and religious affiliations stand united” in their quest for fundamental …

Iranwire – The family of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Iranian woman whose death in police custody a year ago sparked months of nationwide protests, is facing continued pressure from the government ahead of the anniversary of her death. A relative of Amini told Radio Farda that the family has been warned not to visit the young woman’s grave in the …

VOA – The U.S. hopes that with the transfer of blocked Iranian funds from banks in South Korea to Qatar completed, the five Iranian Americans held in the Islamic Republic will be home “in the coming days.” In an interview with VOA Persian’s Farhad Pouladi, John Kirby, the National Security Council’s coordinator for strategic communications, also spoke about U.S. support …