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Iran Arrests Reform Front Leaders Amid Deadly Protest Crackdown
Iran arrests four reformist leaders, accusing them of disrupting order and coordinating with foreign enemies during a post-protest crackdown.
- Fars News Agency reported that three prominent reformist politicians — Azar Mansouri, Mohsen Aminzadeh and Ebrahim Asgharzadeh — were arrested on Sunday as part of a four-person detention sweep.
- Authorities said the detentions followed allegations that the suspects organised disruptive activities and justified 'terrorist' foot soldiers amid protests, Iran's judiciary said.
- Azar Mansouri, head of Iran's Reform Front and adviser to former president Mohammad Khatami, and Mohsen Aminzadeh, a former deputy foreign minister, along with Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, a former parliamentarian and 1979 student leader, were detained on Sunday.
- Tehran's prosecutor opened investigations and the judiciary chief ordered prosecutors to show 'no leniency,' while IRGC summoned senior reformists Mohsen Armin and Badral Sadat Mofidi.
- Amid nationwide anger over the January unrest and its death toll, the Iranian government reported 3,117 deaths while HRANA and Iran Human Rights verified thousands more amid a near-total internet shutdown.
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Iran intensified its suppression of domestic dissent on Monday, arresting reformist figures and activists weeks after a wave of nationwide protests. At the same time, Tehran left the door open to further nuclear negotiations with the United States, highlighting a dual approach of domestic control and cautious diplomacy.
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Iran has arrested several prominent reformist politicians as the authorities widen their crackdown on dissent following mass anti-government protests that posed one of the biggest threats to the clerical establishment in years.
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