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Radiofarda – Prominent Iranian intellectual Abdolkarim Soroush has said frustrated protesters in Iran may take up arms if the government refuses to meet their demands. Speaking on the anti-government protests that have rocked Iran for longer than a week now, Soroush said: “Things like that can happen when the people cannot find any other outlet” to vent their frustration. However, …

Al-Arabia – Strategic international alliances are successfully countering Iran’s malign behavior in the Middle East, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief General Kenneth McKenzie. “Sometimes the Iranian regime has proved itself to be the bully in the neighborhood. And the only way to stand up to a bully is to do it together,” McKenzie said in an address at …

Al-Arabia – Iraqi security forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters on Saturday, killing two people and injuring 20 others  in a third day of fierce clashes in central Baghdad, security and hospital officials said. Two protesters were struck with rubber bullets and died instantly and over 20 others were wounded in the fighting on …

Iran-HRM – Latest reports from Iran indicate the death toll from Iran protests has reached to 300. With almost a full internet blackout, the number of reports coming from Iran are limited but a violent government crackdown and civilian deaths are clear in scattered videos and reports. The Iranian authorities have announced only a few deaths. Reports indicate many families are still desperately …

RFL/RE – The United States has called on social-media giants Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to suspend accounts linked to Iranian government leaders until Internet coverage is restored in that country.“It is a deeply hypocritical regime,” Brian Hook, the U.S. special representative for Iran, told Bloomberg News in an interview posted on the official State Department Twitter account.“It shuts down the Internet …