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Iranwire – Blaming Western countries and opposition groups for protests in Iran is standard practice for the Islamic Republic. But supporters of the regime now also venture into psychology to cast blame for social unrest in the country on “sexual agitation,” “computer games” and “remote learning because of the pandemic”. The loudest voice among these gaslighters has been Ali Akbar Raefipour, …

Iranwire – Hossein Raisi, a human rights lawyer and lecturer at the University of Carleton in Canada, has told IranWire that according to documents and information he has received, Iran’s armed security forces and intelligence agencies have received orders to suppress and arrest protesting students. Mass anti-government protests have continued across Iran since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police …

Iranwire – The family of Mahsa Amini, whose death in police custody sparked weeks of mass protest across Iran, is facing increased pressure and surveillance from Iran’s central security forces, as well as Kurdistan provincial agencies. An informed source told IranWire: “Members of Mahsa Amini’s family have received many death threats from the security forces.” Lawyers acting for Mahsa’s family …

VOA – As anti-government protests roil cities and towns in Iran for a fourth week, tens of thousands of Iranians living abroad have marched on the streets of Europe, North America and beyond in support of what many believe to be a watershed moment for their home country. From those who fled in the 1980s after Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution …

VOA – Exiled Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani said Tuesday that she was filled with admiration for the protesters in Iran: “beautiful, feminine, hair in the wind, asking simply for freedom.” The 39-year-old star of films, including “Extraction” and “Body of Lies,” has lived in exile in France for more than a decade. She has largely avoided politics in the past, …