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🔸 Mai Sato, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, expressed concern about the situation inside Iran in a report, noting that people in the country "may now face the death penalty simply for participating in protests." Ms. Sato wrote on X network, referring to receiving "reports of forced confessions from protesters": "Today we don't know how many people have been arrested, where they are being held, or under what conditions they are living; we don't know how many have been sentenced to death or executed so far." @VahidHeadline
🔸 HRANA, the US-based human rights organization, announced in its latest report on victims of repression in Iran that the number of confirmed deaths by this organization in recent protests has reached 7,005 people. According to this human rights organization, based on these statistics, 6,506 of the deceased have been registered in the "protesters" category and the deaths of 219 children under 18 have also been documented. Additionally, 214 of the killed were from military/government forces. HRANA added that it is investigating the deaths of another 11,730 people and the total arrests have exceeded 53,000 people. Human rights organizations say the actual numbers could be much higher than these figures. @VahidHeadline
🔸 Based on satellite images, Iran is strengthening a tunnel complex near the Natanz nuclear facility. These images show that construction activities are underway to reinforce the entrances of two tunnels at Kalang Gazla (or Kalang Mountain) in Isfahan province, near the Natanz nuclear site. Experts believe this underground complex near the Natanz nuclear site is a reinforced section of Iran's nuclear infrastructure established in recent years. The report from the Institute for Science and International Security states that this complex may be designed to protect enrichment activities, store enriched uranium, or house Iran's key nuclear equipment, but the exact function of this complex and whether it is operational remains unclear. bbc.com
🔸 Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on the sidelines of the Munich Conference, called the possibility of concluding a new nuclear agreement with Iran "possible" but "extremely difficult." He said: "We must accept that after the 12-day war, Iran's entire nuclear landscape has fundamentally changed; perhaps not in terms of capabilities, but in terms of physical infrastructure that no longer exists, and this changes the entire equation." According to Mr. Grossi, "When talking about any agreement, the issue is what exists and what remains, but more important than that is the future." When asked what kind of "nuclear Iran" could emerge from this situation, he replied: "This situation will no longer be like May or June." @VahidHeadline
🔸 Azar Mansouri, head of the "Iran Reform Front," has been released from Evin Prison on bail. Ebrahim Asgharzadeh and Javad Emam, reformist politicians, were also released on bail last night. @VahidHeadline
🔸 Fatemeh Mohajerani, spokesperson for the Islamic Republic government, claimed in her weekly meeting that Masoud Pezeshkian has no intention of running for a second term and has focused on "solving people's problems." @VahidHeadline
🔸 The sixty-second Munich Security Conference began its work on Friday, February 13th, with the presence of dozens of heads of state in Munich, Germany, under strict security measures. About 70 heads of state and more than 140 ministers, including Wang Yi, China's Foreign Minister, Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron, President of France, and Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of Britain, will be present in Munich. Russia, like in recent years, is not present at this meeting, and Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic, lost the privilege of attending this gathering after the deadly suppression of protests in January 2025. This annual conference is the most important event in global politics for bringing together politicians from around the world, creating an opportunity to examine international politics in an informal atmosphere, although the main focus of this event since its inception has been on transatlantic relations between European countries and the United States. @VahidHeadline
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