Is Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan planning to visit Israel? That’s what the president told leaders of US Jewish organizations at a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, according to Israeli media. A spokesperson for the Israeli president and the Israeli Foreign Ministry could not confirm the news to Bloomberg. Israel and Turkey last month agreed to bury the hatchet and restore full diplomatic relations for the first time since 2018.

Five people were allegedly killed in clashes with security forces in Tehran, amid demonstrations over the death in custody of a Kurdish woman who had been arrested by the country’s morality police, according to the Washington Post. The death of 22-year old Mahsa Amini has triggered a fresh wave of protest against the country’s highly conservative dress code laws.

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