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Iran Pressures Iraq to Prosecute Those Responsible for Soleimani’s Killing before Int’l Courts

A day after the Popular Mobilization Committee and a number of pro-Iran armed factions organized an event to commemorate the third anniversary of the assassination of the IRGC Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani, Tehran renewed its calls on the Iraqi government to reveal the “killers”. Ali Akbar Velayati, Iran's Supreme…

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Iranian Revolutionary Guard Shot Dead in Tehran

A member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards was shot dead outside his house in Tehran, state media reported Wednesday, adding that he may have been killed during a burglary. Qassam Fathollahi of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was shot “four times in front of his house” in southern Tehran late Tuesday…

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Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti released from jail after family post bail

Alidoosti was arrested for support of women’s movement in Iran, including posing on Instagram without hijab

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Iran’s Protest Movement and the Future of the Regime

Since assuming power in 1989, Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei did not find any president agreeable to his desires and line of thought until Ebrahim Raisi, the current president, took office in 2021. Even Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who came to office with the support of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), and pretended…

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Iran’s Revolutionary Year

Why Iran’s Gen Z is protesting, and why the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps won’t back down. These articles explain Tehran’s difficult 2022.

Foreign Policy

Australia could ramp-up actions against Iran for 'egregious' human rights abuses, inquiry told

Australia could ramp up measures against Iran for its "egregious" human rights abuses, including the execution of protesters, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.

ABC News

Saudi Arabia wants dialogue after Jordan meeting: Iran minister

Several factors have delayed a sixth round of direct bilateral talks, which could be held at level of foreign ministers.

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Iran says four security forces killed near Pakistan border

Members of Iran’s security forces killed in a firefight with an unnamed ‘terrorist group’, state media reports.

Al Jazeera

Tel Aviv Accuses Tehran of 'Smuggling' Weapons, Experts to Proxies Using Civilian Airline

An Israeli report published Thursday claimed that it uncovered a new means used by Iran to smuggle weapons into Syria and Lebanon, through the private airline Mahan Air. The report said that this discovery came within the framework of Israel’s campaign to thwart the new Iranian smuggling route through Beirut,…

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US Imposes Sanctions on Turkish Businessman for Helping IRGC

The Biden administration levied sanctions on Thursday on prominent Turkish businessman Sitki Ayan and his network of firms, accusing him of acting as a facilitator for oil sales and money laundering on behalf of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Ayan’s companies have set up international sales contracts for Iranian oil,…

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CNN: IRGC Threatened Families of Soccer Team Ahead of Match Against US

The families of Iran’s World Cup soccer team have been threatened with imprisonment and torture if the players fail to “behave” ahead of the match against the USA on Tuesday, CNN cited a source involved in the security of the games as saying. Following the refusal of Iranian players to…

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Iran World Cup players ‘threatened with torture’ if they protest ahead of USA match, report claims

Iranian players refused to sing the national anthem in their opening match against England

Evening Standard

IRGC-Affiliated News Agency Hit by Cyberattack

A news agency affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was hacked late Friday in line with protests over Mahsa Amini’s death, local media reported. The IRGC’s Tasnim news agency said on Friday evening that hackers have disrupted the work of Iran’s Fars news agency for few minutes.

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US sanctions Iranian officials amid crackdown on protests

US has accused three Iranian security officials of complicity in human rights violations in largely Kurdish regions.

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Iran attacks positions in northern Iraq targeting Kurdish groups

Iran says Kurdish separatist groups based in northern Iraq are destabilising Kurdish-majority provinces in Iran.

Reuters

Iran targets dissident sites in Iraqi Kurdistan with missiles, drones - Fars

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted the headquarters of "dissident groups" in Iraqi Kurdistan in the early hours of Monday with drones and missiles, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

The Independent UK

Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish rebel groups in Syria and Iraq, killing 31

As at least 31 die in airstrikes, Iran also declares a new offensive against Kurds in Iraq

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Yemeni Army Accuses Militias of Testing Anti-Ship Missile

The Yemeni army accused the Houthi militia of testing an anti-ship missile launched from Sanaa, which landed in the Red Sea waters off Hodeidah. The army spokesman, Brigadier General Abdo Majali, announced that the Houthis conducted an anti-ship missile test from the Nehm district, which landed west of Hodeidah in…

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France's Macron leaves door ajar to proscribe Iran's Guards as more sanctions come

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday more targeted European Union sanctions on Iranian officials would be adopted and he left the door open to the bloc designating Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) a terrorist organisation.

The Conversation

Iran is using every effort to crush protesters intent on a revolution — except hearing them out

Iran has entered the second month of upheaval with an average of one child murder a day by the Basij, part of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), amid the crackdown against the “woman, life, freedom” movement.

The Guardian - UK

British-Iranian journalists in UK warned of death threats from Iran

Broadcaster of Iran International TV says police told two of its staff of ‘imminent, credible risk’ to life

France 24

Investigation: How Iran’s security forces are shooting to kill with ‘non-combat’ shotgun shells

“If you shoot at close range, you can kill.” In a rare interview, a member of Iran’s Basij paramilitary force told the FRANCE 24 Observers team that members of his unit were firing shotguns at protesters’ chests and heads, aiming to kill them. While shotguns firing special ammunition can be…

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Iran: Criticism Mounts over Brutal Crackdown... Khamenei Points to ‘Clear American Role’

Iran’s spiritual leader, Ali Khamenei, played down the school students’ protests, saying that their movement was manipulated by “the owners of plans and agendas,” while demonstrations continued across Iranian universities. Videos on social media showing Iranian security forces severely beating protesters have gone viral as anger grows at a widening…

The Guardian - UK

Iran to hold public trials for up to 2,000 detained in protests

The country’s judiciary says those marching against the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini will be tried

Al Jazeera

Iran’s IRGC seizes vessel carrying 11 million litres of fuel

The vessel and crew’s nationalities were not announced, but the value of its cargo amounted to $6.6m, an official said.

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