French President Emmanuel Macron denounced late on February 2 the "headlong rush" of Iran's nuclear program after talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was in Paris to seek a stronger European stance against Tehran.
Farhad Meysami has vowed to continue his hunger strike until Iranian authorities stop executing protesters, release six political prisoners, and stop their harassment of women, despite photos on social media showing him in an emaciated condition amid growing fears over his health.
Protesters in several Iranian cities, including the capital, Tehran, have set fire to government banners commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in a continued show of defiance amid unrest over the death of a young woman while in police custody.
Three medical workers who traveled to Iran's Kurdish region to treat injured antiestablishment protesters were arrested, tortured, and charged with acting against national security, informed sources tell RFE/RL.