

#BREAKING Regardless of election results, Türkiye wants to maintain sustainable ties with Israel on basis of mutual sensitivities, common interests /el4J5eNVum Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that whatever the outcome of Israel’s election, he “wants to maintain sustainable ties” with Jerusalem based on “mutual sensitivities common interests,” according to the official Anadolu news agency. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets MPs during his Justice and Development party's group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara, Turkey, on November 2, 2022. “The police absolutely do not approve of violent and unconventional behaviour and will deal with the offenders according to the rules,” adds the statement published by state news agency IRNA. Iran’s police force announce in a statement that an order has been issued to “investigate the exact time and place of the incident and identify the offenders.” Police forces beat a protestor inside an alley in Tehran, before ramming him/her with a motorcycle and plainclothes shooting the half-dead body… /nHDmOBtZQD “This shocking video sent from Tehran is another horrific reminder that the cruelty of Iran’s security forces knows no bounds,” Amnesty International said, adding that police appeared to have a “free rein” to use violence.Ī clear view of the brutal crackdown of anti-regime protests in Iran: The man initially tries to cover his head with his hands, before the sound of a gunshot is heard and he is run over by a police motorbike. Iranian authorities have ordered an investigation into a video showing officers savagely beating a protester that rights groups said exposed the brutality of the crackdown on demonstrations sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death.įootage that appeared yesterday on social media, shot at night on a mobile phone purportedly in a district of Tehran, showed a squad of around a dozen policemen in an alley kicking and beating a man with their batons, as other officers on motorbikes looked on. “Even before the counting of the double-envelopes began, we are already hearing certain officials calling for a recount, for a count that has yet to begin,” she says, according to Ynet. She slams “certain officials spreading unfounded rumors of irregularities.” Likud head Benjamin Netanyahu claimed in a social media post just before midnight that a cordon set up around tables where ballot counters are sitting was an “unprecedented” and “illegal” move that is keeping poll-watchers from being able to observe the count, alleging that there will be “mistakes and forgeries.”ĬEC head Orly Adas responds that the cordon, a thin ribbon of caution tape, was set up to help with the orderly distribution of so-called double envelope ballots - those from soldiers, diplomats and others who were unable to vote at their normal polling stations.

The Central Elections Committee is pushing back after the Likud party claimed that it is keeping observers from watching the final votes be counted at election headquarters. Likud claims elections czar’s caution tape causing miscount
