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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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London, Tehran – Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Stuck between Domestic Turmoil, Isolation Abroad

Protesting students at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tehran (Student Union Committee)

The regime in Iran is not only dealing with widespread turmoil at home but also is facing isolation abroad. Its oppressive crackdown on protesters has led to around 339 deaths since 22-year-old Kurdish Mahsa Amini died in police custody last September, according to human rights groups.

While demonstrators continue to employ various tactics to push onward with their anti-regime protests, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei sent a delegation headed by Ali Haj Akbari to the Baluchistan province, where over 120 individuals were shot dead by security forces.

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