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Iranians protest against the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Saqez, Kurdistan Province in October. Photograph: Social Networks/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock Iranians protest against the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Saqez, Kurdistan Province in October. Photograph: Social Networks/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock Read more Government attacks on rallies escalated at the weekend in predominantly Kurdish areas of Iran, with videos showing scenes reminiscent of a war zone. Hengaw, a Norway-based rights group that monitors abuses, posted footage on Monday of what it said were state forces travelling to the cities of Bukan and Mahabad. The armed convoy included pickup trucks with mounted machine guns. More armed forces were dispatched to Bukan and Mahabad. This footage was recorded on Monday, November 21, 2022 on the road form Shahin Dej to Bukan. In another video, people attempted to remove the lifeless body of a man who had fallen on the street as others ran for cover from the sound of gunfire. “The barrage’s intensity is so severe that people are unable to even move the victim’s body,” Hengaw said. “This is the Islamic Republic’s genocide against Kurdistan.” On Tuesday, the rights group published footage it said was from the city of Javanrud in which armed men, believed to be security forces, shout “God is great” as they fire assault rifles in deserted streets filled with debris and rubble. Another video The Guardian is unable to confirm the authenticity of the v...

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DUBAI, May 3 (Reuters) - Iran seized a second oil tanker in a week on Wednesday in Gulf waters, and the U.S. State Department called for its release, in the latest escalation in a series of seizures or attacks on commercial vessels in Gulf waters since 2019. The Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet of the U.S. Navy said the Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi was seized by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) at 6:20 a.m. (0220 GMT) while passing through the Strait of Hormuz. In Iran's first response, Tehran's prosecutor announced the oil tanker was seized on a judicial order following a complaint by a plaintiff, the judiciary's Mizan news agency said. No further details were provided. The incident comes after Iran on Thursday seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman called the Maritime security firm Ambrey has said it believed the Advantage Sweet's seizure was in response to a recent seizure via a court order by the United States of The Niovi oil tanker seized on Wednesday had been travelling from Dubai toward the UAE's Fujairah port when it was forced by IRGCN boats to change course towards Iranian territorial waters, the Navy said. The Niovi last reported its position at 0231 GMT on Wednesday off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz with Fujairah as its destination, Refinitiv ship tracking data showed. Fast-attack crafts from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy swarming Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi as it transits the Strait of...

Area targeted said to produce missiles able to hit Israel Mossad carried out Iran defense facility strike for Israel’s own interests — report US officials tell NYT drone attack not aimed at stopping weapons exports to Russia; ex-PM Bennett says he intensified Iran strikes after plot to kill Israelis in Turkey, Cyprus The drone attack on a defense facility in the Iranian city of Isfahan was carried out by Israel to protect its own security interests, and not to prevent weapons exports to Russia, according to a New York Times The Saturday strike was carried out by the Mossad intelligence agency, according to the newspaper, which cited senior United States intelligence officials. The report noted that Isfahan is a hub for Tehran’s missile industry, and is where the Shahab medium-range missile — which has a range capable of hitting Israel — is assembled. Iran has yet to deliver missiles to Russia despite reports since October that it plans to do so, but Tehran has been supplying Shahed-136 suicide drones for the Kremlin’s use in the nearly year-long invasion of Ukraine. The “kamikaze” drones have been deployed to attack Ukrainian civilian sites and critical infrastructure facilities since September. Some A drone is seen in the sky seconds before it fired on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, on October 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) London-based opposition Iranian news outlet Iran International cited eyewitnesses as saying that they saw three or four explosions. The state-run IR...

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