Iranian hard-liners said to intensify crackdown ahead of key votes
Iranian demonstrators carry posters depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and late Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini during a rally marking al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran July 10, 2015./ Ahead of two key elections in Iran in February, the Supreme Leader's hard-line allies have cracked down on activists, journalists and artists to try to tighten their grip on the country’s faction-ridden politics, officials and analysts say. Rights groups and opposition websites said dozens were summoned by the intelligence ministry for ...
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