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• Annual inflation in Turkey rises to 186 per cent 

  Istanbul-based inflation research group ENAG put year-on-year inflation for August at 186 per cent, while the state statistics agency, notorious for embellishing figures, said inflation was 83.45 per cent.
• Security forces attack students at Sharif University in Tehran, reports say 

  Videos and reports surfacing on social media show that Sharif University in Tehran has been surrounded by security forces who have laid siege to the campus.
• Lula wins first round of elections in Brazil 

  With 99.74 percent of the votes counted, Lula won the first round with 48.36 percent in this Sunday's elections, leaving behind Bolsonaro, who obtained 43.65 percent, according to Brazil's Superior Electoral Court. There will be a runoff election.
• Thousands march in Paris to support protests in Iran 

  Thousands of people marched in Paris to protest Iran's policy of massacre against demonstrations triggered by the murder of Jina Amini by the Iranian "morality police".
• Iranian activists storm pro-government Kayhan newspaper 

  Protesters raided the headquarters of the ultra-conservative Kayhan newspaper in Tehran, which accuses protesters in Iran of being "the enemy's mercenaries".
• Kurds cut their hair for Mahsa Amini in Draguignan 

  Kurdish women and men in Draguignan cut their hair to protest the murder of a young Kurdish woman, Mahsa (Jina) Amini.
• YPS-JIN sets fire to grey wolves’ office in Istanbul 

  Martyr Erdal Şahin YPS JIN Retaliation Team said that they set fire to an office of the Grey Wolves, a racist paramilitary organization of the state, in Ümraniye district of Istanbul.
• Kurds in Marseille collect signatures demanding delisting of PKK  

  A stand to collect signatures demanding the withdrawal of the PKK from the list of terrorist organisations was opened in Marseille on Saturday night.
• Seven people sent to prison in Mersin 

  A number of people who were taken into custody as part of the political genocide operations in Mersin were sent to prison.
• "The Mullah regime cannot contain the women's revolution" 

  Iran and Eastern Kurdistan are in revolt following the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini by the "morality police" in Tehran. Dr Kamran Matin from Sussex University comments on women's leadership and the situation in Iran.
• Resistance continues in Rojhilat and Iran 

  The resistance led by women continues in Iran and Rojhilat (Western Kurdistan).
• Iranian writer Darvishi: The mullah regime is about to fall and doomed to collapse 

  Exiled Iranian writer Sepideh Darvishi who is leading the protests in Turkey against the murder of Mahsa (Jîna) Amini, stressed that “We want to live in a democratic and free country.”
• Erdoğan files criminal complaint against German Parliament vice president 

  Kubicki called Erdoğan a "sewer rat" (abwasserratte) in the in a speech he delivered last week as part of a state election campaign.
• Russia proclaims annexation of four Ukrainian regions 

  Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the independence of the Ukrainian regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, which were then formally annexed to the Russian Federation, alongside Donetsk and Luhansk.
• NATO blackmail: Sweden resumes arms sales to Turkey 

  While Sweden and Finland banned arms exports to Turkey after its incursion into northern Syria against the People’s Defence Units (YPG), Sweden has decided to resume the export of weapons and military equipment to Ankara.
• German union GEW condemns Turkish attacks on Rojava 

  The German education union GEW condemns the Turkish attacks on Rojava and calls on Federal Foreign Minister Baerbock and the Minister for Economic Cooperation, Svenja Schulze, to stand up for peace and the right to education there.
• Bodies of killed soldiers lie in hospitals 

  40 corpses of soldiers of the Turkish army have been lying for months in the state hospital in Hakkari, while in the military hospital in Bilican near Çukurca there are far more than 100 corpses. The smell of decay is spreading.
• 7 ISIS members killed in southern Mosul 

  7 ISIS members were killed in a joint operation by the Hashd al-Shaabi and Iraqi forces in the south of Mosul.
• Police in Mersin take 9 more people into custody 

  In a new political police operation carried out in Mersin, 9 more people were taken into custody.
• Death toll on the rise as protests continue in Iran  

  Nationwide protests following Mahsa Amini’s death continued in several cities, with protestors chanting slogans such as “Woman, Life, Freedom”, and “Death to the Dictator.”
• Iran's attacks on South Kurdistan leave 13 people, including a pregnant woman, dead and 58 injured  

  According to the new balance sheet, 13 people, including a pregnant woman, were killed in Iran's attacks on South Kurdistan with drones and missiles on Wednesday, and 58 people, mostly civilians, were injured.
• Margaret Owen says Öcalan should be released 

  Human rights lawyer Margaret Owen said that Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan should be released if universal laws and norms were followed and demanded the removal of the PKK from the list of "terrorist organizations".
• Lawyer Şakar demands that Europe stop being silent about Turkish crimes 

  An event on the PKK ban took place at the Kurdish community center in Berlin. At the event, lawyer Mahmut Şakar demanded that Europe reconsider its terror discourse and stop being silent about Turkish crimes.
• Second edition of Kurdistan Days will take place in Dresden in October 

  The second edition of the Kurdistan Days will take place in Dresden with a wide range of cultural and political events. As a warm-up, an activist from "Women Defend Rojava" gave a talk on the Kurdish freedom movement.
• Demo in Berlin calls for the release of Ecevit Piroğlu from Serbian extradition custody 

  Activists in Berlin have demanded the immediate release of Ecevit Piroğlu from Serbian extradition custody. The political activist is threatened with deportation to Turkey and has been on hunger strike since June.