Hengaw Organization for Human Rights’ Awyar Shekhi discussed how militarization of Iran’s Kurdistan province thwarted Mahsa Amini anniversary protests. VOA Persian’s Saman Arbabi reported on Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s UNGA delegation’s reaction when approached by VOA journalists at a New York hotel. Hostage Aid Worldwide’s Barry Rosen explained why the recent U.S.-Iran prisoner releases were not a “prisoner exchange.”