As coronavirus spreads in Iran, authorities have moved swiftly and aggressively to contain independent reporting about it by harassing, detaining and censoring journalists and social media users.
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Mohammad Jafar Montazeri – Involved In
UN says Iran should release political prisoners during coronavirus outbreak
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran said Tuesday that he asked Iran to temporarily release all political prisoners to halt the spread of ...
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IRGC’s growing credibility gap
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) has a problem. It is less powerful than it would have us believe. In attempting to bridge the gap between its real power ...
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Young man publicly flogged 74 times in central Iran
A man convicted of theft was publicly flogged today in the central city of Shahreza, according to a local website
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Iran prosecutor genral says protester trials to start next week
Iran's Prosecutor General announced that "many of those detained" in the November protests across Iran have been indicted and their trials will begin next week
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Iran continues crackdown a month after protests
More than a month after the start of the latest round of anti-government protests in Iran, security forces are still arresting people in various cities. The Police Chief in ...
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