Ramin Yektaparast, the main suspect in organizing an attack on a Jewish cultural center in Essen

News of the German discovery coincided with intensified anti-regime protests in Iran itself, where human rights activists said a man, named as Mehran Samak, was shot dead by security forces in the town of Bandar Anzali on Tuesday night amid celebrations of the Iranian national soccer team’s 1-0 loss to the USA at the World Cup in Qatar. Celebrations were also reported in several other Iranian cities; many Iranians are hoping for their own team’s defeat as a protest against the Islamic Republic’s continued rule.