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Iranian authorities turns to inside crackdown with arrests, executions

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Iranian authorities turns to inside crackdown with arrests, executions

Iranian authorities are pivoting from a ceasefire with Israel to intensify an internal security crackdown across the country with mass arrests, executions and military deployments, particularly in the restive Kurdish region, officials and activists say. Within days of Israel’s airstrikes beginning on June 13, Iranian security forces started a campaign of widespread arrests accompanied by … Read more

Iran’s executions of three accused of spying and mass detentions gas crackdown fears

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Iran’s executions of three accused of spying and mass detentions gas crackdown fears

Fears that the Iranian regime could be using the recent conflict with Israel to crack down on its own population grew Wednesday after three people were executed and hundreds more were arrested and accused of spying. Accused of espionage for Israel’s Mossad spy agency, the three people put to death Wednesday allegedly brought “assassination equipment” … Read more