"Several reformist figures were arrested in Iran, while Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi received seven more years in prison":

• Iran: Reformists Arrested as Crackdown on Dissent Widens (Deutsche Welle)
  

Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:

• Israel Kills Palestinian Man in Gaza as It Deepens West Bank Occupation (Middle East Eye)
  
• Palestine Condemns Israel's Decisions on West Bank Settlement Expansion as ‘Serious, Criminal’ (Andalou Ajansi)
• 3 Times More Palestinians than Israelis Were Victims of West Bank Terror in January — Report (Times of Israel)
• The Hollowing Out of Palestine’s Most Important University (Mondoweiss)
• Gaza's Rafah Crossing Opens After 2-Day Closure as Palestinians Claim Delays and Mistreatment (Military News)
• Weaponizing “Israeli National Parks” as a Tool of Ethnic Cleansing (Palestine-Israel Journal)
  

"[A]nnual pardons issued to mark the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution" will exclude "all convicts in any way connected to security issues ... [and] 'defendants and convicts' tied to the recent protests":

• Iran Bars Protest Detainees from Annual Pardons, Judiciary Chief Says (Iran International)

The Zionist war on free speech -- and the resistance -- continues:

• Pro-Palestine group loses legal challenge against sweeping NSW police powers for Isaac Herzog’s visit (Thee Guardian)
• Pro-Palestine Protests Sweep Australian Cities During Herzog's Visit (TRT)
  

"This week alone, three health facilities were attacked in South Kordofan, in a region already suffering acute malnutrition" -- WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus:

• WHO Says More than 30 Killed in Three Sudan Health Center Attacks (Arab News)

"Kalhor's comment underscored the Olympics as a place of camaraderie, where bitterness between governments like the U.S. and Iran is often of little relevance":

• Before Vonn's Crash, Iranian Coach Called the American Her ‘Superhero' — and Hoped to Get Her Pin  (5 Chicago)

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