Whether or not Europe stands with us, whether or not your journalists do their jobs, whether or not your politicians demonstrate the courage to act, I will fight for my people and my country.
@nolanwpeterson Involving militia Kurdish separatists into already sensitive regions is a recipe for ethnic backlash. The northwest isn’t only Kurdish—Azeris are a major community there. From a military standpoint, these groups also lack the capacity to establish any meaningful presence in Iran.
The identity of the young woman depicted in this image, killed by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces in Chalus, northern Iran, is Afsaneh Razavian. The photograph captures a group of protesters shielding themselves against the line of fire in an attempt to recover her body. Eyewitness reports indicate that minutes after this photo was taken, this group was also targeted by heavy gunfire and killed.
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