Iranian Actress Sentenced: Leading actress Elnaz Shakerdoust received a one-year prison term (upheld on appeal) plus a two-year ban on political, artistic and online activity for supporting January anti-government protesters; her whereabouts remain unclear. Sanctions, Travel, Pilgrimage Routes: Iraq secured a US waiver for Iranian airlines to run up to 40 daily flights to and from Najaf (excluding Mahan Air), framing it as travel for pilgrims, patients, students and tourism. Protest Repression: Iran executed Siavash Jamshidi Kheirabadi over alleged January attacks on police, as rights groups warn executions and secret trials are rising. Death Penalty Pressure: A statement signed by 46 countries at the UN Human Rights Council called for Iran to halt executions, citing fair-trial violations and torture. UK Terror Case: UK prosecutors said two Iranian men carried out surveillance of a Manchester synagogue and Jewish museum for a chlorine bomb plot; both face charges tied to instructions allegedly coordinated from Iran. US-Iran Tensions: The US is deploying about 9,000 troops and a third aircraft carrier to the Middle East as Trump warns Iran over the Flydubai incident; Iran denies “false flag” claims. Culture & Education: Iran’s universities face renewed protest risk as students again challenge costs, security pressure and compulsory hijab, while France’s student protests draw Iranian condemnation of police violence.