Hardliners in Iran intensify crackdown ahead of polls
A woman walks past a poster of Khamenei in Tehran yesterday. Analysts say that suppressing dissenting voices has been stepped up since September when Khamenei warned of “infiltration” by Iran’s enemies Ahead of two key elections in Iran in February, the supreme leader’s hardline allies have cracked down on activists, journalists and artists to try to tighten their grip on the country’s faction-ridden politics, officials and analysts say. Rights groups and opposition websites said dozens were summoned by the intelligence ministry for ...
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