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Three men were hanged on 8 Nov after Iran's Supreme Court upheld their death sentences for participating in armed attacks during January protests, which authorities say were carried out for Israel and the United States. The defendants – Hassan Dioband, Hamid Kazemi and Reza Zanganeh – were accused of using firearms, grenades and Molotov cocktails, setting fire to public facilities and damaging an electricity substation in Karaj, causing power outages. Their assets were confiscated, while ten other suspects received prison terms of five to ten years.

The Trump administration plans to deport more than 150 Afghan immigrants to Afghanistan, a US official and a coalition of veterans and advocacy groups say. Dozens have been detained in Louisiana, and the first deportation flight could leave as early as Monday, 2 Nov, according to The New York Times. Because Washington has no diplomatic ties with the Taliban, the flights would be routed through Pakistan, which would oversee the expulsions. Pakistan has already expelled more than two million Afghan nationals since 2023, according to Reuters. The Department of Homeland Security declined to confirm operational details.

Britain has refused entry to Swedish climate academic Andreas Malm, who says he was turned away on Friday. The Home Office cancelled his Electronic Travel Authorisation, telling him his presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good, without further explanation. Malm was due to speak next Wednesday at an event organised by the socialist magazine Tribune alongside Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, a group proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the UK. Malm said he believes the decision is linked to that appearance. The Home Office says it does not comment on individual cases. Britain's Supreme Court is due to hear an appeal next week on the group's proscription.