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Iranwire – It has been almost six months since Iran’s nationwide protests began, triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, who died while in the custody of the country’s morality policy. IranWire has in that time identified more than 50 protesters who have suffered serious injuries to their eyes – and in many cases, blinded – because of the violent tactics …

Iranwire – Tehran’s police commander has warned that officers will be out in force this week to arrest residents who are disturbing public order, as activists called for three days of protests coinciding with the Persian festival of fire. Abbas Ali Mohammadian, commander of the Greater Tehran Police Force, said that officers in uniform and plainclothes will be deployed across …

Iranwire – Schoolgirls in at least two western Iranian cities were reportedly taken to medical centers for treatment on March 13, amid a wave of poisonings that have affected thousands of pupils across the country over more than three months. The Telegram channel of the group Bazaar Civil Protests released a video purportedly showing anxious residents of Kurdistan province’s city …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Iran and China are on the move again. Last Friday, to the apparent surprise of the Biden Administration, China asserted its influence in the Middle East by entering the vacuum created by US President Joe Biden, and brokering a deal between Iran and its threatened neighbor, Saudi Arabia, which Biden had vowed to make a “pariah,” and “end …

Amensty – Iranian authorities have been subjecting activist Ebrahim Babaei to enforced disappearance for 15 months, amid grave concerns of torture and other ill-treatment. Despite mounting evidence indicating that he is in state custody, authorities continually refuse to acknowledge his detention or reveal his fate and whereabouts to his family. He was forcibly disappeared in December 2021 during an attempt …