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Amid escalating conflict in Gaza, Iran's support for Hamas raises questions as it refrains from direct action, leading to misinformation and propaganda campaigns within Iran.

The Iranian authorities released information and explanations regarding the events leading to Armita Garawand's death but failed to persuade the public and unveil significant discrepancies in their official statements.

Iran and Israel's relationship has shifted from close cooperation, including military and economic ties, before the 1979 Iranian revolution to hostile enmity, with Iran supporting the Palestinian groups Hamas and the Islamic Jihad for Palestine again

The recent Israeli war on Gaza has laid bare a stark division within the Iranian opposition, with differing and passionate views.

The war between Iran and Israel is considered unlikely by Iranian experts because of its high costs, regional consequences, hostage concerns, and Israel’s limited strategic depth.

Iran's economy, already strained, faces additional challenges because the conflict in Gaza has caused the national currency to devalue and gold prices to surge in Iran.

"When I spot young girls on the streets without a hijab or older women with their scarves around their necks instead of their heads, we share a knowing smile—a secret language of encouragement in this fight," said a 68-year-old housewife in Tehran.

The latest case of deaths in custody happened on 31 August, when Javad Rouhi was transferred from Nowshahr prison to a hospital and died there.

On 28 August, Yarrahi was arrested for releasing his latest work, which commemorated the anniversary of last year's anti-establishment protests that rocked the country following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.

Over 110 professors have faced dismissal from Iranian universities in a sweeping "political cleansing" at higher education institutions.