\u201cIranian Trolls Who Posed as Proud Boys Spread Wild Claims on Facebook,\u201d Adam Rawnsley, Daily Beast, October 27, 2020.<\/p>\n
But it more than just the killing of one wrestler.\u00a0 \u201cA clear pattern is emerging of an attempt to silence public dissent over the social, economic and political situation in Iran.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cUN rapporteur slams Iran\u2019s regime for execution of wrestler,\u201d<\/a> Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, 27, 2020.<\/p>\n \u201cNon-Compliance With FATF Rules Harming Iran\u2019s Int\u2019l Financial Ties,\u201d<\/a> Financial Tribune, October 27, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0Not complying with standards of the Financial Action Task Force, the international anti-money laundering watchdog, has further undermined Iran\u2019s access to international banking and financial services, government spokesman Ali Rabiei said.<\/p>\n \u201cIran Sentences Protesters to Long Prison Terms, Thousands of Lashes,\u201d<\/a> Michael Lipin and Ramin Haghjoo, VOA, October 27, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIran has imposed harsh sentences on 36 residents of a southwestern city who joined the nation\u2019s last major wave of anti-government protests in November 2019, according to a knowledgeable source who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation. Speaking to VOA from Iran on Friday, the source said the 36 protesters from Behbahan in Khuzestan province were handed their sentences by the city\u2019s criminal court October 22. The source said the defendants were sentenced to a cumulative total of 109 years in prison and 2,590 lashes, while each individual was fined more than 3 million tomans, equivalent to roughly $700. A copy of the verdict, provided by the source and verified by VOA Persian, showed the protesters were convicted of disturbing public order, disobeying security agents and vandalizing public property. The source said the Behbahan court\u2019s presiding judge, Rasoul Asadpour, barred defendants and their lawyers from the courtroom for the October 12 trial session, allowing them to submit only a written defense. Prosecutors presented no evidence for many of the charges, the source asserted.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIranian Trolls Who Posed as Proud Boys Spread Wild Claims on Facebook,\u201d<\/a> Adam Rawnsley, Daily Beast, October 27, 2020.<\/p>\n \u201cIran would hail US return to nuclear deal – with ‘guarantees’,\u201d<\/a> AFP, WION, October 27, 2020.<\/p>\n \u201cIran Boosts Border Defense Against Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict, Israel and ISIS,\u201d<\/a> Tom O\u2019Connor, Newsweek, October 27, 2020.<\/p>\n Whether social distancing or not, the theaters were told they must shut.\u00a0 Hardliners do not mind because they do not want this form of expression anyway.\u00a0 \u201cIran\u2019s Dramatic Arts Center disagrees with theaters\u2019 shutdown,\u201d<\/a> Tehran Times, October 27, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cIranian Trolls Who Posed as Proud Boys Spread Wild Claims on Facebook,\u201d Adam Rawnsley, Daily Beast, October 27, 2020. But it more than just the killing of one wrestler.\u00a0 \u201cA clear pattern is emerging of an attempt to silence public dissent over the social, economic and political situation in Iran.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cUN rapporteur slams Iran\u2019s … <\/p>\n