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US Voters Startled by Fake ‘Proud Boys’ Emails Blamed on Iran

VOA- What the FBI and national intelligence officials described as fake “Proud Boys” emails targeting voters in Florida and several other states came in waves on Tuesday. Several University of Florida students reported receiving them beginning in the morning, according to local media reports. Bennett Ragan, a recent University of Florida graduate, said in an interview with VOA that the …

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Iran: Prisoners Who Reported Abuse Charged

(HRW) – Iranian judiciary authorities are prosecuting human rights defenders for reporting abuse in detention, Human Rights Watch said today. Since September 2020, the authorities have brought charges against two imprisoned activists who had published letters alleging mistreatment.On October 18, Emtedad online news channel reported that in the previous week, authorities had charged Niloufar Bayani, an environmental conservationist serving a 10-year sentence after an unfair …

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Two Honor Students, Violently Arrested, Still Detained Without Charge Six Months Later

CHRI – Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi Under Pressure to Make Forced “Confessions” Student Groups: Allegations Unfounded, State Building False Case Without Evidence Two honor students at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, who were both violently arrested by the security forces on April 10, 2020, have been in detention ever since without any announced charges—and are reportedly under …

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43 Iranian cities, including Tehran, under ‘severe restrictions’ because of COVID-19

Al-Monitor – At a meeting of the anti-coronavirus task force today, President Hassan Rouhani said that Tehran would be facing new restrictions. Rouhani praised the efforts of the various agencies working over the last eight months to combat the virus. He said that only 50% of government employees will report to work in the province of Tehran, one of the hardest-hit provinces in the country. …

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Iran Steps Up Its Repression ‘Plans’ to Terrorize the Public

Iran-HRM – With the increase of the public degradation of “thugs” on the streets of Iran, in what authorities are calling “maneuvers of power”, the regime has spread its repressive plans to other cities and provinces. In recent days regime officials announced the establishment of bases in various cities of Iran. On October 19, in a broadcast by the regime’s state-run television, Mohammad Reza …

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