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Al-Monitor – On Nov. 15, Iran announced a shift in its gasoline subsidy policies that led to massive social protests and the unprecedented government response of a weeklong internet shutdown. Though it’s too early to have a complete analysis of the recent wave of anti-government protests, it is valid to argue that the political, economic and social costs of the recent …

A nature conservationist guard (ranger) was executed in Kerman city on Thursday for the charge of killing a hunter.  iranhr.net – According to the Iranian state-run news agency ISNA, on the morning of Thursday, November 28, a nature conservationist guard (ranger) was executed for shooting an illegal hunter to death ten years ago. His identity is not revealed. However, a …

iran-hrm – Reliable reports indicate detained Iranian protesters in several prisons across Iran are under torture to make false confessions against themselves. Around 420 protesters, detained in Tehran and Alborz province, have been transferred to Section 8 of Raja’i Shahr Prison, controlled by the Intelligence Ministry. Protesters were forced to take off their clothes and were then beaten for hours with …

radiofarda – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denounced six new European members of a barter mechanism with Iran, saying it encouraged Tehran’s repression of protests. “While the Iranian regime is killing its own people, European countries rush to support that very murderous regime,” the embattled leader said in a statement. “These European countries should be ashamed of themselves.” …

radiofarda – Police in Iraq’s mostly Shi’ite southern city of Najaf say antigovernment protesters have set fire to the Iranian Consulate in the restive city for the second time in a week. The arson attack on December 1 came as Iraqis continue taking to the streets of Baghdad and Iraq’s Shi’ite-majority south to demand more jobs, an end to endemic …