On October 28, 2023, Iranian politician and former IRGC minister Brig.-Gen. Mohsen Rafighdoost told Iranian TV in an interview that Iran is holding Western hostages, and warned that Iran will kill them if it is attacked by Western countries. Later, on November 9, Hossein Shariatmadari, longtime editor of the Iranian regime mouthpiece Kayhan who is a close associate of Iranian
A year after the protests in Iran following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini at the hands of police, MEMRI analyzes the status of women in Iran according to the Iranian regime.