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Al-Monitor – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) deployed helicopters and rows of military vehicles and machine guns to the Kurdish city of Javanroud as part of its clampdown on anti-government protests that have gripped the country since mid-September. As reports of deadly shootings came out, the IRGC-affiliated Fars News confirmed that combat bullets had been fired, but on “terrorists” linked to opposition groups …

Shabtabnews – November 20th marks World Children’s Day, the annual commemoration of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which provides a universal set of standards to be adhered to by all countries – including the principle of non-discrimination; the best interests of the child as a primary consideration in all actions concerning children; the child’s …

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement USCIRF condemned the sexual assault of Iranian protestors against mandatory hijab. USCIRF Commissioner @Skleinbaum: "USCIRF is appalled by reports Iranian protestors against mandatory hijab laws are being sexually assaulted & raped by Iranian security forces. The US gov must act through sanctions & intl pressure to disrupt this violence."https://t.co/LPZztGzIC0— USCIRF (@USCIRF) November 22, 2022 …

RFL/RE – A senior member of the Iranian Christian community says that security officials are pressuring religious minorities to remain silent and not participate in anti-government protests. The semiofficial ISNA news agency quoted Yonathan Betkolia, the head of Assyrian Society of Tehran, as saying that the intelligence and security authorities of the Islamic republic have asked the representatives of Christians, bishops, and …

RFL/RE – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has fired on the headquarters of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups based in northern Iraq, the latest in a series of attacks as Tehran accuses them of fomenting a wave of unrest inside the Islamic republic. At least one person was reported killed in the attack late on November 20 that hit buildings of Kurdish …