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Iranian Government Dictated to Local Media How to Cover Protests, New Documents Reveal

November 26, 2019 Human Rights Comments Off on Iranian Government Dictated to Local Media How to Cover Protests, New Documents Reveal

Journalists Will Be Charged with “Crimes” if Coverage Diverges from Official Line

Officials Expected Protests, Dictated Instructions to Media Before Price Hike Was Announced

November 25, 2019—While Iran is still reeling from the recent protests that have left scores injured, more than a hundred dead, and thousands arrested, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned that two main government ministries have silenced the domestic media by issuing directives dictating coverage of the unrest, in a blatant violation of freedom of the press. Intelligence ministry officials have also threatened journalists that they will be charged with “crimes” if their reporting of events does not hew to the official narrative of events.

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Iran arrested 7,000 dissidents in ‘year of shame’, says Amnesty

January 24, 2019 Human Rights Comments Off on Iran arrested 7,000 dissidents in ‘year of shame’, says Amnesty

Journalists, lawyers, minority rights activists and anti-hijab protesters among those held

Teargas fills the air as Iranian students clash with riot police during an anti-government protest at the University of Tehran. Photograph: EPA

Thu. 24. Jan.2014 Guardian-Iranian authorities arrested more than 7,000 dissidents last year in a sweeping crackdown that led to hundreds being jailed or flogged, at least 26 protesters being killed, and nine people dying in custody amid suspicious circumstances, according to Amnesty International.

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Iranian mullahs’ lock on power is now shakier than ever

January 1, 2019 News Comments Off on Iranian mullahs’ lock on power is now shakier than ever

January 1, 2019 – Nwe York Post – By Alireza Nader: A year ago, Iranians poured into their streets to denounce ­Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and call for an end to his brutal ­regime. Protests have continued ­unabated since, though these are smaller in number and less visible to foreign ­media.

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New Protests In Southern Iran Over Water Shortages

July 9, 2018 Human Rights Comments Off on New Protests In Southern Iran Over Water Shortages

People protest water shortage in Borazjan in southern Iran.

July 09, 2018 – Radio Farda – Thousands of residents of Borazjan, the center of Dashtestan County in Bushehr province, southern Iran, poured into the streets on Saturday, July 7, to protest “shortage” and “chaotic” distribution of water.

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Protests rally in western Iran, some demonstrators detained in Tehran

December 30, 2017 Human Rights Comments Off on Protests rally in western Iran, some demonstrators detained in Tehran

Fatemeh Bahrami | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images A Iranian woman walks past a wall painting in the shape of Iranian flag in Tehran, Iran on the first anniversary of nuclear deal between Iran and world powers on January 16, 2017.

CNBC – 12.30.2017 – Iranian police dispersed anti-government protesters in the western city of Kermanshah on Friday, the Fars semi-official news agency said, as protests spread to Tehran and apparently several other cities a day after rallies in the northeast.

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