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Strange figures and unexplained killings: The clues Mossad infiltrated Iran’s protests
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>January feels an age away for Iranians. The dangers of the authorities’ crackdown on anti-government protests have been replaced with a month of incessant US and Israeli strikes and the threat of a looming ground invasion.</p>
<p>Yet for many, the memory of odd, unexplained incidents during the wave of demonstrations itches in the back of their mind.</p>
<p>One Iranian describes seeing a man disguised as a street sweeper pulling out a revolver and shooting two girls in a calm side street.</p>
<p>Others recall seeing blocs of coordinated people dressed all in black leading the protests, or people killed with weapons that are not used by the forces of the Iranian establishment.</p>
<p>Iran’s latest round of nationwide protests broke out at the turn of the year, rising first in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar in response to inflation before growing and becoming a vehicle for anger at the Islamic Republic as a whole.</p>
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<figcaption>Burnt religious books inside the Beheshti Mosque that was damaged during recent public protests, in Tehran on 21 January 2026 (Atta Kenare/AFP)</figcaption>
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