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RFL/RE – Iranian protesters have gathered in the city of Karaj, northwest of Tehran, to mark 40 days since the death of Hadis Najafi, a 20-year-old woman who was shot dead by Iranian security forces near Tehran.Videos posted on social media show a large number of protesters in Karaj chanting “Death to Khamenei,” a reference to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali …

RFL/RE – The Israeli military has confirmed that a female soldier was among the passengers on a plane that was forced to make an emergency landing in Iran last week, but managed to leave the country before being identified. According to the Jerusalem Post, the Israeli soldier was a passenger on a flight from Tashkent to Dubai on October 27, …

Iranwire – The top commander of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned that the clerical regime will respond decisively to any meddling by the country’s foreign foes, amid nationwide protests triggered by the September death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody. Major General Hossein Salami’s warning also came as the Islamic Republic marked the 1979 takeover …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities are putting strong pressure on the family of a 22-year-old woman who was killed during an anti-government protest in West Azerbaijan province to say she died in a car accident, IranWire reports. Yashar Hakakpour, director of the Association for the Defense of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners in Iran (ADAPP), said that Nasim Sedghi, an ethnic Azeri, was …

Iranwire – A Shia cleric in the mostly Sunni Iranian city of Zahedan has been shot dead, officials say, threatening to enflame sectarian tensions following weeks of nationwide unrest. A “special task force” has been set up to identify and arrest those behind the killing of Sajjad Shahraki, the imam of Moulay Motaqian mosque, said Ahmad Taheri, police commander of …