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Feds charge 4 in Iran plot to kidnap activist in US

AP | By DEEPTI HAJELA and LARRY NEUMEISTER | 7/14/2021

NEW YORK (AP) — An Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network have been charged in Manhattan with plotting to kidnap a prominent Iranian opposition activist and writer in exile and take her back to Tehran, authorities said Tuesday.

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U.S. seizes websites linked to Iranian government propaganda

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Washington Post | By Devlin Barrett and Kareem Fahim | June 22, 2021

The Justice Department moved Tuesday to seize more than 30 Web domains linked to Iranian state media, as American officials continued their efforts to counter what they say is Iranian propaganda and disinformation at a time of simmering tensions between the two countries.

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Iran Uses Punitive Law to Keep Population in Line, UN Says

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VOA | By Lisa Schlein | June 23, 2021

A new report by the U.N. secretary-general on the human rights situation in Iran condemns the widespread use of punitive measures and state-sponsored violence to keep the population in line. Michelle Bachelet, the world body’s high commissioner for human rights, presented the report to the U.N. Human Rights Council.

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Iran: Ebrahim Raisi must be investigated for crimes against humanity

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Amnesty International | 19 June 2021

Responding to today’s announcement declaring Ebrahim Raisi as Iran’s next president, Amnesty
International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said:
“That Ebrahim Raisi has risen to the presidency instead of being investigated for the crimes against
humanity of murder, enforced disappearance and torture, is a grim reminder that impunity reigns
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End Culture of Impunity

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End Culture of Impunity

The Washington Times | By Agnes Callamard | June 23, 2021

(Beirut) – Iranian authorities appear to have used excessive force against demonstrators in southwestern Iran protesting lack of access to water, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should transparently investigate the reported deaths of at least three protesters and hold those responsible to … Continue Reading

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