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VOA – Videos posted on social media purport to show protesters marching in several cities in Iran on Friday. The videos, which could not be independently verified, purport to show protests in Iran’s capital, Tehran, and in the cities of Arak, Isfahan, the group Human Rights Activists in Iran said. The demonstrations would mark 40 days since Iran executed two …

VOA – Israel’s envoy in the United States has sought to clarify his nation’s red line on Iran’s nuclear program, telling VOA that Israel will prevent its main regional foe from acquiring a capability to become a nuclear-armed state. Last month in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken the policy of his …

RFL/RE – Reza Khandan, a civil activist and the husband of prominent Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, says he has been summoned by the judiciary to serve an older suspended sentence of five years in prison. In an interview with RFE/RL, Khandan said the suspended sentence was issued four years ago after he was found guilty of “propaganda against the Islamic republic.”*Khandan was …

Iranwire – As IranWire has reported, hundreds of Iranians have sustained severe eye injuries after being hit by pellets, tear gas cannisters, paintball bullets or other projectiles used by security forces amid a bloody crackdown on mainly peaceful demonstrations. Doctors say that, as of now, at least 580 protesters have lost one or both eyes in Tehran and in Kurdistan alone. …

Iranwire – Ali Daei, a former Iranian national team captain and the country’s record international goalscorer, will not be able to attend an annual FIFA ceremony later this month due to a travel ban imposed on him by the Islamic Republic’s security institutions, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported. The football’s world body invited Daei to attend The Best FIFA …