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Iran arrests Amini uncle ahead of her death anniversary
PARIS: Iranian authorities on Tuesday arrested an uncle of Mahsa Amini, the young Iranian Kurdish woman who died in custody sparking months of protests, just ahead of the first anniversary of her death, reports said on Tuesday. Safa Aeli, 30, was arrested by security forces in the family’s hometown of Saqez in western Iran, the Kurdish-focused Hengaw rights group said. Hengaw said Iranian authorities deployed a convoy of five vehicles filled with members of the security forces to forcibly…