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Iranian regime sends text messages to civilians threatening they would be executed: Report

[ad_1] Pro-government protest in Tehran. The Iranian regime is sending messages to civilians, who they believe have an affiliation with “hostile” foreign media, threatening them with the most severe punishment, NewsNation reported, citing a message that was sent to an Iranian refugee from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Legal warning: What did the message say“Legal […]

3,000 people likely killed in protests: Iran official

[ad_1] As the Iranian authorities impose a near-total communication blackout on a country convulsed by mass protests, videos and witness accounts slowly emerging suggest that govt is waging one of its deadliest crackdowns on unrest in more than a decade. Eyewitnesses say govt forces have begun opening fire, apparently with automatic weapons and at times […]

Iran unrest: Tehran accuses US and Israel of stoking protests; plays down risk of military intervention

[ad_1] File photo: Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi (Picture credit: AP) Iran’s foreign minister on Friday accused the United States and Israel of actively fuelling the growing protest movement in the country, while dismissing the likelihood of direct foreign military intervention despite US warnings over crackdowns on demonstrators..Speaking during a visit to Lebanon, Iranian foreign […]

Iran executed at least 1,500 people in 2025, a 35-year record: Rights group

[ad_1] PARIS: Iran executed at least 1,500 people last year, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights group said on Thursday, in what it called an “unprecedented” hike in the use of capital punishment.“It is very alarming,” the group’s director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, said of the provisional toll.“It is unprecedented in the last 35 years. As long as […]