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More than 5,000 cases of children being poisoned, Iran official says amid arrests

‘A number of people’ suspected of manufacturing hazardous substances arrested, Iran’s interior ministry says

The Independent UK

Iran’s supreme leader swears those who poisoned schoolgirls will face death penalty

The unexplained poisoning incidents have come at a fraught time for young girls in Iran who have been targeted for their role in leading nationwide anti-government protests

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Iran supreme leader calls suspected schoolgirl poisonings ‘unforgivable’

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says culprits should be severely punished, amid signs hundreds of girls have been treated in hospital

The Guardian - UK

Iran supreme leader calls wave of school poisonings ‘big crime’

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged officials to “seriously pursue” cases of suspected poisonings at girls’ schools around the country, which left hundreds of students hospitalized and sparked nationwide anger.

Tribune News Service

Iran’s top leader says suspected poisonings ‘unforgivable’ and deserve death penalty

It is the first time Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all matters of state, has spoken publicly about the suspected poisonings

The Independent UK

Iran supreme leader orders punishment for schoolgirl poisoning

Ayatollah Khamenei says no doubt the poisonings are deliberate as a top judge suggests perpetrators may face execution.

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Iran's supreme leader says suspected poisonings in girls’ schools 'unforgivable crime'

Iran's supreme leader said Monday that if a series of suspected poisonings at girls' schools are proven to be deliberate the culprits should be sentenced to death for committing an “unforgivable crime.”

France 24

Iran's top leader says suspected poisonings 'unforgivable'

Iran’s supreme leader says that if a series of suspected poisonings at girls’ schools are proven to be deliberate, the culprits should be sentenced to death for committing an “unforgivable crime.”

The Independent UK

Iranian officials to investigate ‘revenge’ poisoning of schoolgirls

The attacks on female students – called an act of ‘biological terrorism’ – are thought to be retaliation for protests against hijabs in the country

The Guardian - UK

Despite Khamenei's amnesty, most protesters in Iran won't go free, advocate says

Iran has jailed up to 20,000 people in months of protests against the regime. The announcement that it's pardoning prisoners is an empty gesture, a human rights lawyer says.

WEKU

Hackers say they blocked Iran president’s speech

Digital activists supporting anti-government protests in Iran said they hacked an online broadcast by state television of a speech by President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday marking the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Bangkok Post

Iran marks revolution anniversary, hackers interrupt state TV coverage

The Islamic Republic marked the 44th anniversary of the Iranian revolution on Saturday with state-organised rallies, as anti-government hackers briefly interrupted a televised speech by President Ebrahim Raisi.

Reuters

Iran marks anniversary of Islamic Revolution amid protests

Iran is celebrating the 44th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution amid nationwide anti-government protests and heightened tensions with the West

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Releases 7 Women Activists from Prison

Iran has released several prominent women activists and journalists from a prison in Tehran, campaigners said Thursday, with a video showing them defiantly chanting pro-protest slogans outside the jail, according to AFP. Media based outside Iran said a total of seven women were released, while Iran continues to press a…

Tribune News Service

Iran’s judiciary to ‘show clemency’ to some jailed protesters

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has agreed to either pardon or reduce sentences for some people arrested in a violent crackdown against nationwide anti-government protests, state TV said.

France 24

Iran admits 'tens of thousands' detained in protests, says will pardon some

Iran's supreme leader on Sunday reportedly ordered an amnesty or reduction in prison sentences for “tens of thousands” of people detained amid nationwide anti-government protests shaking the country, acknowledging for the first time the scale of the crackdown.

Daily Mirror

Hundreds spared the noose as Iran Ayatollah offers thousands of protesters amnesty

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei confirmed thousands will be pardoned or have their sentences dramatically reduced after four months of protests saw 522 Iranians killed

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Reuters

Iran's supreme leader issues pardon for 'tens of thousands' of prisoners - IRNA

Iran's supreme leader has pardoned "tens of thousands" of prisoners including some arrested in recent anti-government protests, state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday, after a deadly state crackdown helped quell the nationwide unrest.

The Independent UK

Microsoft: Iran unit behind Charlie Hebdo hack-and-leak op

After the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s launched a cartoon contest to mock Iran’s ruling cleric, a state-backed Iranian cyber unit struck back in early January with a hack-and-leak campaign intent on striking fear with the claimed pilfering of a big subscriber database

Foreign Affairs

The Long Twilight of the Islamic Republic

Iran’s transformational season of protest.

Foreign Policy

Iran’s Regime Plays with Fire in Baluchistan

Stirring sectarian tensions in the country’s poorest province is a dangerous game.

Foreign Policy

Conscription Is Not an Excuse for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard

Here’s why forced enlistment should not be a barrier to listing the Guard as a terrorist organization.

Reuters

Iran's 'death committee' president unyielding in defence of clerical rule

As a young prosecutor in Tehran, Ebrahim Raisi sat on a "death committee" overseeing the execution of hundreds of political prisoners in the Iranian capital, rights groups say.

Reuters

Iran and Britain's history of strained relations

British-Iranian relations, which have been strained for decades, were back in the spotlight after Iranian authorities executed British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari for spying, charges he had denied.

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