Death toll from Houthi missile attack on Shabwa camp rises to 53
Local officials in Shabwa said a missile attack by the Houthis, allies of the Islamic Republic, on the al-Alam camp left at least 53 dead and 200 wounded.
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Sanaz Yekta, a former political prisoner, freed after three weeks in detention
Sanaz Yekta, a constitutionalist civil activist and Jewish citizen, was arrested on 26 September at the Intelligence Ministry's follow-up office and forcibly taken to a hospital.
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Iran Air: India and Singapore refuse flight permits for medicine transport
Iran Air's chief executive said India and Singapore are refusing permits for the airline's flights carrying medicine; of Iran Air's 40 aircraft, only six are active.
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Tehran Revolutionary Court sentences seven Dey protesters to 60 years in prison
Branch 23 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced seven protesters of the Dey uprising, including four members of the Sabbaghi family, to a total of 60 years and six months in prison.
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Will of Majid Nikandish, Dey protester executed in Mashhad, published
The will of Majid Nikandish, a young Dey uprising protester from Quchan executed in Mashhad on 30 September, has been published; in it he asks his mother: "Why?"
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Lakan prison in Rasht: Fatemeh Eyni moved to solitary confinement for execution
Fatemeh Eyni, a 31-year-old woman from Karaj, has been moved to solitary confinement in Rasht's Lakan prison for execution, a sentence the Supreme Court has just upheld.
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Tabriz: lawyers Reza Akbari Adl and Mohammad Esmaili Allafi arrested
Reza Akbari Adl and Mohammad Esmaili Allafi, two lawyers of the East Azerbaijan Bar Association, were arrested after a summons to the Tabriz revolutionary prosecutor's office and taken to an unknown location.
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Edi Rama accuses the Islamic Republic and Russia of fuelling unrest in Albania
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has accused the Islamic Republic and Russia of inciting the unrest in Tirana and of deploying tens of thousands of fake social media accounts.
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Shabwa, Yemen: Houthi missile attack on army camp kills at least 18
The Houthis, allies of the Islamic Republic, targeted a Yemeni army training camp in Shabwa with a ballistic missile on Monday, 19 October, killing at least 18 soldiers.
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Sergei Lavrov in Tehran: Russia comes to mediate between the Islamic Republic and the US
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Tehran from Manama on Monday, 19 October, on his first visit since the war, with the stated aim of preventing a return to wide-scale war.
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Mahan flights: the IRGC accused of sending missile parts to the Houthis
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is accused of using Mahan flights to send officers, drone parts and missile guidance systems to Yemen and of directing the Houthis' attacks on Saudi Arabia from the front line.
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Qazvin: Islamic Republic intelligence announces arrest of 39 protesters from the December–January uprising
On Monday, 19 October, Qazvin's intelligence directorate claimed the arrest of 39 people in connection with the December–January uprising, without naming any detainee, giving their place of detention or saying whether they have access to a lawyer.
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Germany summons the Islamic Republic's ambassador after Hamburg court ruling
On Monday, 19 October, Germany's foreign ministry summoned the Islamic Republic's ambassador; a Hamburg court had convicted two men of plotting attacks on Jewish figures on the IRGC's orders.
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Amirmohammad Hatami, 18, of Shahinshahr, killed with a finishing shot to the eye
Amirmohammad Hatami, an 18-year-old from Shahinshahr in Isfahan, was wounded and arrested on the night of 9 January and, according to people close to his family, killed with a finishing shot to the eye.
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Sheikh Saud Al Thani: energy shock from the Islamic Republic's war has yet to peak
Qatar's defence minister told the Global Security Forum in Doha that the energy fallout of the war with the Islamic Republic has yet to peak, and he rejected charging tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Shortages of medicine and hospital equipment: patients bring their own sheets and blankets
The head of the Islamic Republic parliament's health committee called the shortage of medicine and medical equipment "worrying"; some hospitals are asking patients to bring their own sheets and blankets.
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Zahedan: bodies of Mohammad Rigi Sanjarani and Aziz Rigi handed over after 13 days under security conditions
The bodies of Mohammad Rigi Sanjarani and Aziz Rigi, two young men from Zahedan shot dead by plainclothes forces in Zahedan on 4 October, were handed over after 13 days under security conditions.
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Amin Dehestani, Khorramabad blogger, arrested to serve two-year prison sentence
Amin Dehestani, a 46-year-old Khorramabad blogger with more than 233,000 followers, was arrested and jailed to serve a two-year sentence for criticising public services.
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Marco Rubio: the war with the Islamic Republic is in some respects over
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the war with the Islamic Republic is in some respects over, that the US is now on the defensive in the Strait of Hormuz, and that it is crippling the regime's economy.
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Michel Foucault and the 1979 revolution: a French intellectual's praise for Khomeini
DIAR analysis: Michel Foucault's praise for Khomeini in 1979 is an example of French intellectuals' optimism about revolutions that ended in repression and executions.
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