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The Iranian regime has begun executing new dissidents
Following their threats to use the death penalty to repress the current protest movement sweeping the nation, the Islamic Republic has publicly executed two young men, reports STEVE BISHOP
STATE MURDER: People protest in front of the Iranian embassy in Berlin against the execution of Mohsen Shekari, December 8
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Behind the language of military strategy is a confrontation that risks drawing the wider Middle East into war, says STEVE BISHOP
SINCE the murder of Mahsa Amini by the Iranian “morality police” in September, nearly 400 protesters are known to have been killed, including 57 children, while over 16,000 people are known to have been arrested.
At the last count, 990 separate protests had taken place across 146 cities and 140 university and college campuses around Iran.
Protests have continued in earnest in defiance of a warning by the head of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps that they must stop.
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The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) welcomes demonstrations across Iran, which have put pressure upon the theocratic dictatorship, but warns against intervention by the United States to force Iran in a particular direction
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