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iranintl – Iran is ramping up its control of domestic cyberspace with a closed new state-run intranet, according to a US-based advocacy group, after a nationwide internet blackout cloaked the deadliest crackdown on protests in nearly half a century. “Like North Korea, the Islamic Republic has been working to build an intranet, and it is scary. It will be blocking …

iranintl – The UN nuclear watchdog’s chief warned Tuesday that a standoff with Iran over inspections and its near-bomb-grade uranium stockpiles cannot continue indefinitely, raising the prospect that Tehran could be declared in non-compliance with its obligations. “This cannot go on forever because at some point I will have to say, ‘I don’t have any idea where this material is,’” …

iranintl – As Iranian security forces carried out a deadly crackdown on protesters, a media watchdog found pro-government editors coordinated to reshape Wikipedia’s past record of events in the country in an effort the group branded information warfare. The investigation by UK-based investigative media outletNeutral Point of View (NPOV), published on Tuesday, said the effort aimed to control how Iranian …

iranintl – After returning from Iran to Canada, Mona Bolouri said the unity and size of protests she witnessed firsthand convinced her that the Islamic Republic was doomed after she left the country a day before a deadly crackdown. “I know it’s over,” Bolouri said, referring to the Islamic Republic. “I’m not afraid to say this openly, because I believe …

Iranwire – An eyewitness has spoken to IranWire about the killing of Alireza Rahimi, a 26-year-old protester from Tehran, by security forces of the Islamic Republic. According to the witness, at the moment Alireza Rahimi was targeted by direct live fire from government forces, he was standing on the side of the street talking to his friends. The individual, who …