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A teenager was sexually assaulted and killed by three men working for Iran's security forces, a leaked document understood to have been written by those forces says. It has let us map what happened to 16-year-old Nika Shakarami who vanished from an anti-regime protest in 2022. Her body was found nine days later. The government claimed she killed herself. Marked "Highly Confidential", the report summarises a hearing on Nika's case held by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) - the security force that defends the country's Islamic establishment. It includes what it says are the names of her killers and the senior commanders who tried to hide the truth. It contains disturbing details of events in the back of an undercover van in which security forces were restraining Nika, These include: One of the men molested her. she fought back, kicking and swearing. An admission that this provoked the men to beat her to death with batons. @KurdishFrontNews

Senior Congressional Leaders in both U.S. Political Parties are Warning the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague against the issuing of any kind of Arrest Warrant for Israeli Officials including Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant. Members of Congress have stated with if Arrest Warrants are issued, there will be U.S. Retaliation; with an Unknown Republican House Member stating that Legislation against the ICC is already being Drafted. @KurdishFrontNews

Iraq’s Border Guards established two military bases near Zakho in Kurdistan Region on the Turkey border for the first time in 30 years. @KurdishFrontNews

CHP Amed Sur Mayor candidate Abdülkadir Bedir was found dead in his home. @KurdishFrontNews

Journalist Lindsey Snell: "Ataturk whitewashed the Armenian genocide, folded the worst of its perpetrators into his regime, and blamed Armenians for what they suffered…so it’s not surprising to see you praise him. Don’t forget that Turkey still sends Israel most of its oil and steel. Or that Israel helped Al-Qaeda." @KurdishFrontNews

Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz praised Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in a post: What a difference there is between Kemal Ataturk, who freed himself from the shackles of radical Islam and founded a modern and advanced Turkish state, and the Erdogan who embraced the murderers and rapists of Hamas and dragged Turkey into dark places. @KurdishFrontNews

The Sulaimani-based Diplomatic media outlet alleges that prominent Salafi scholar Abdulatif Ahmed has employed a team of 15 IT professionals operating from a private office to conduct cyberattacks against any Facebook or social media page that criticizes him or broadcasts reports portraying him in a negative light. The outlet claims Abdulatif Ahmed's team has penalized their Facebook page seven times through copyright infringement claims, which they assert constitutes cybercrime. @KurdishFrontNews

"We woke up at 03:00 am to a loud noise coming from near our village and it turned out that the gas pipeline had broken again," Mohammad Qzlyari, a resident of the village, told Rudaw. The pipeline carries liquefied gas between the Northern Oil and Gas Company, is the second time the same incident has happened in a short time. "The villagers were forced to leave the area for their safety after the sound of the explosion," Mohammed said. محەممەد قزڵیاری، دانیشتووی گوندەکە بە تۆڕی میدیایی رووداوی راگەیاند "کاژێر 03:00ـی بەرەبەیان بە دەنگێکی بەرز کە لە نزیک گوندەکەمانەوە هات، بەئاگاهاتین و دەرکەوت جارێکی دیکە بۆریی گاز شکاوە." ئەو بۆرییە، گازی شل لەنێوان کۆمپانیای نەوت و گازی باکوور دەگوازێتەوە، ئەمە جاری دووەمە لە ماوەیەکی کەم هەمان رووداو دووبارە دەبێتەوە. محەممەد هەروەها گوتی، "دانیشتووانی گوندەکە لەدوای دەنگی تەقینەوەکە، بەناچاری و لەپێناو سەلامەتیی خۆیان، ناوچەکەیان جێهێشت." Niştecihê wî gundî Mihemed Qzlyarî ji Rûdawê re got: “Em demjimêr 03:00ê sibê bi dengekî bilind ji nêzîkî gundê me şiyar bûn û derket ku boriya gazê careke din şikestiye. Xeta boriyê, gaza şilkirî di navbera Şîrketa Petrol û Gazê ya Bakur de vediguhêze, di demeke kurt de cara duyemîn e heman bûyer diqewime. Mihemed wiha got: "Piştî dengê teqînê gundî ji bo ewlehiya xwe neçar man ji herêmê derkevin." @KurdishFrontNews

An LPG pipeline rupture has plunged a village into crisis in southwestern Kirkuk, compelling its residents to swiftly evacuate amidst fears of a catastrophic explosions. @KurdishFrontNews

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Sunday met with Iraqi National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji in which both sides discussed the threat of terrorism, and the challenges facing Iraq as a result of regional conflicts, according to a statement from the Kurdistan Region Presidency. “Both parties stressed the importance of collaboration and coordination between the Iraqi Federal Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to tackle security issues. They both recognized the need for all parties to work together in order to maintain peace and stability in the country,” the statement read. The Kurdistan Region President thanked and recognized the National Security Advisor and his team for their effort to maintain security and stability in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. @KurdishFrontNews