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Turkmenistan stood in way of US nationals wanting to flee Iran, diplomatic cable reveals

Turkmenistan last week held back on approving more than 100 requests from the US embassy in Ashgabat for American citizens in neighbouring Iran to ...
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Turkmenistan stood in way of US nationals wanting to flee Iran, diplomatic cable reveals
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Turkmenistan stood in way of US nationals wanting to flee Iran, diplomatic cable reveals
Turkmenistan last week held back on approving more than 100 requests from the US embassy in Ashgabat for American citizens in neighbouring Iran to cross the land border into the country, according to an obtained US State Department cable that was circulated to diplomats.

Relations between the US and Turkmenistan are under strain. In early June, the Trump administration announced US entry restrictions on nationals of countries including Turkmenistan, restricting entry to persons assessed as having exceptional circumstances. Turkmenistan on June 10 responded to the announcement with a Foreign Ministry statement that described it as “hasty” and as causing “utter incomprehension and concern”.

The requests to Ashgabat to allow the US citizens in the Islamic Republic of Iran to enter Turkmenistan were submitted in the days ahead of the June 22 US stealth bomber “Midnight Hammer” strikes on Iranian nuclear development sites. Citizens of many other countries have been using a “humanitarian corridor” set up by Turkmenistan to depart Iran since the Israeli-Iranian air war began.

The June 20 cable, which came into the possession of the Washington Post, noted that the US State Department was now advising the US citizens within Iran to find other routes to leave the country, such as land routes via Azerbaijan, Armenia or Turkey.

Following the US bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, US diplomats appeared to move to shore up relations with Turkmenistan, Iran’s northern neighbour.

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau initiated a phone call on June 22 with Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov. The State Department did not release information about the discussion. However, according to an official Turkmen statement, the talks seemed to focus on the volatile Middle East situation.

The statement said the call occurred in a “friendly and constructive atmosphere”, adding that Turkmenistan’s traditional neutral status was mentioned. It also referred to Ashgabat’s “readiness to participate in resolving the current situation in the Middle East by using the widest range of diplomatic means and methods.”

The internal cable reportedly observed that "numerous" US citizens had faced "delays and harassment" while trying to exit Iran. Without providing further details, it added that one unidentified family had reported that two US citizens attempting to leave Iran had been detained.

How many US citizens are in Iran is unknown, but in the past US officials have estimated the number as in the thousands.

The Islamic Republic treats Iranian-US dual citizens solely as nationals of Iran, the US State Department said in a travel alert.

"U.S. nationals are at significant risk of questioning, arrest and detention in Iran," it advised.
 
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Iran intensifies internal security crackdown with executions and mass arrests

Iranian rights group has recorded 705 arrests on political or security charges since the start of the war with Israel
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Iran intensifies internal security crackdown with executions and mass arrests

Iranian rights group has recorded 705 arrests on political or security charges since the start of the war with Israel

An armed and masked member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, dressed in black uniform, black cap and black sunglasses and holding a machine gun
A member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard in downtown Tehran. A senior Iranian security official said the Revolutionary Guard had been put on alert and that their primary focus was now internal security. Photograph: Vahid Salemi/AP
Iranian authorities are pivoting from a ceasefire with Israel to intensify an internal security crackdown across the country with mass arrests, executions and military deployments, particularly in the restive Kurdish region, according to officials and activists.

Within days of Israel’s airstrikes beginning on 13 June, Iranian security forces started a campaign of widespread arrests accompanied by an intensified street presence based around checkpoints.

Some in Israel and exiled opposition groups had hoped the military campaign, which targeted Revolutionary Guards and internal security forces as well as nuclear sites, would spark a mass uprising and the overthrow of the Islamic Republic.

While numerous Iranians expressed anger at the government, there has been no sign yet of any significant protests against the authorities.

However, one senior Iranian security official and two other senior officials briefed on internal security issues said the authorities were focused on the threat of possible internal unrest, particularly in Kurdish areas.

Revolutionary Guard and Basij paramilitary units were put on alert and internal security was now the primary focus, said the senior security official.

The official said authorities were worried about Israeli agents, ethnic separatists and the People’s Mujahedin of Iran, or MEK (Mujahedin-e Khalq), an exiled opposition group once designated as a terrorist organisation by the US and UK.

Activists within the country are lying low.

“We are being extremely cautious right now because there’s a real concern the regime might use this situation as a pretext,” said a rights activist in Tehran who was jailed during mass protests in 2022.

The activist said he knew dozens of people who had been summoned by authorities and either arrested or warned against any expressions of dissent.

Iranian rights group HRNA said on Monday it had recorded arrests of 705 people on political or security charges since the start of the war.

Many of those arrested have been accused of spying for Israel, HRNA said. Iranian state media reported three were executed on Tuesday in Urmia, near the Turkish border, and the Iranian-Kurdish rights group Hengaw said they were all Kurdish.

Iran’s foreign and interior ministries did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

One of the officials briefed on security said troops had been deployed to the borders of Pakistan, Iraq and Azerbaijan to stop infiltration by what the official called terrorists. The other official briefed on security acknowledged that hundreds had been arrested.

Iran’s mostly Sunni Muslim Kurdish and Baluch minorities have long been a source of opposition to the Islamic Republic, chafing against rule from the Persian-speaking, Shi’ite government in Tehran.

The three main Iranian Kurdish separatist factions based in Iraqi Kurdistan said some of their activists and fighters had been arrested and described widespread military and security movements by Iranian authorities.

Ribaz Khalili from the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI) said Revolutionary Guards units had deployed in schools in Iran’s Kurdish provinces within three days of the beginning of Israel’s strikes, going house-to-house looking for suspects and arms.

The Guards had taken protective measures too, evacuating an industrial zone near their barracks and closing major roads for their own use in bringing reinforcements to Kermanshah and Sanandaj, two major cities in the Kurdish region.

A cadre from the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK), who gave her nom de guerre of Fatma Ahmed, said the party had counted more than 500 opposition members being detained in Kurdish provinces since the airstrikes began.



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