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Iranwire – Twitter has blocked the account of Ali Akbar Raefipour, a media activist and university professor close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), after he used the social media platform to issue threats to anti-government protesters. In a tweet on December 6, Raefipour wrote, “If you want to lose your life, join the street protests, especially if you …

Iranwire – The police chief of the northern Iranian city of Bandar Anzali has been arrested over the killing of a man, Mehran Samak, who celebrated the country’s World Cup defeat to the United States last week. Majid Ahmadi, the lawyer of Samak’s parents, announced on December 6 that the police officer was transferred to Rasht Central Prison following the issuance of …

Iranwire – Arash Sadeghi has been arbitrary arrested and imprisoned on multiple occasions over the past 23 years for his activities in defense of human rights in Iran. The Iranian authorities arrested him again on October 20 for unknown reasons and incarcerated him in Tehran’s Evin Prison, amid a nationwide wave of popular protests calling for more freedoms and women’s …

Irawire – Iliad Rahmanipour, a 17-year-old teenager from the south-central Iranian city Firouzabad, disappeared on November 29. His body was found three days later, with disposable glasses and pills spread around him, as if he had committed suicide by swallowing alcohol and pills. The family claim this is a scene set-up, and that Iliad had never had any suicidal thoughts, …

VOA – The U.S. military said Tuesday that an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy boat came within 150 yards of American warships in the Strait of Hormuz, but the situation was de-escalated with the help of audible warnings and non-lethal use of lasers. In a statement, the U.S. military said the incident took place on December 5 during a routine …