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Iran to compensate families hurt by 2022 riots: MP
IRNA – The chairwoman of the Iranian Parliament’s Human Rights Committee, Zohreh Elahian, said that the damage inflicted on those whose rights have been violated during the 2022 riots is to be compensated.
Elahian said Wednesday that the recent meeting of Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi with members of a committee aimed at investigating various aspects of the 2022 riots.
Report unmasks Shiraz terror attack gunman
TASNIM – New information indicates that the main element behind a recent deadly terrorist attack on a religious site in Shiraz, southern Iran, had joined Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) in Turkey and received training in Afghanistan.
The Tajik national who carried out the fatal attack on Shah Cheragh Shrine on Sunday has been identified as Rahmatollah Norozov, alias Salman Islomyar.
The Iranian security forces are planning to deal a heavy blow to the network that may have assisted the gunman inside Iran.
Terrorists ambushed soldiers in Niger, killing 17
Reuters – Niger’s junta on Wednesday said 17 of its soldiers were killed in an ambush by insurgents, the deadliest attack since a July 26 coup.
The ambush took place on Tuesday about 60 km from the capital Niamey, in a southwestern area that borders Burkina Faso, the defence ministry said, adding that 100 attackers it referred to as “terrorists” were killed.
Niger, like other countries in West Africa’s Sahel region, has been struggling for years to contain an insurgency by groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State that have killed thousands.