Derry Buskaran

Organizers of the Global Sumud Flotilla said the boats will first make a technical stop in southern Turkey before continuing on to Gaza.

Two organizers remain in pretrial detention in Israel.

More than 170 participants were released to Greek authorities after Israel's military intercepted the boats.

Four members reported being sexually assaulted by Israeli soldiers during their detention, flotilla organizers said.

The Israeli military called the allegations fabricated and baseless.

For NPR News, I'm Derry Buskaran in Istanbul.

Iranian state television reported the details of the proposed law, which include a permanent restriction on Israeli vessels from transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

All ships would have to get authorization from Iran to pass through the strait, and ships from, quote, hostile countries.

would be required to pay war reparations in addition to tolls.

Reparations are also part of a 14-point list of demands that Iran submitted to the U.S.

this week through Pakistani mediators.

For NPR News, I'm Derry Buskaran in Istanbul.

More than half of the people NPR interviewed at a train station near the Turkey-Iran border told us they participated in widespread anti-government protests in January.

But now, many say they feel numb.

A woman saying she's given up on everything.

She asked us not to share her name due to the risk of arrest when she returns to Iran.

Some people supported the war, another woman said, but no one likes a war.

Now we see the regime has survived, and if there is peace, they're going to exist in a new form, a form she thinks will be worse for the Iranian people.

For NPR News, I'm Derry Buskaran.

In Van, Turkey.