Control dissent before it's public
The authorities in Iran have been systematically shutting down avenues for dissent. Is this just broadening authoritarian controls or are those in charge worried about crises to come?Iranian Authorities Close 2 Opposition Publications
The Iranian authorities on Monday closed two major opposition publications, among the last to remain in circulation as the government has suppressed its opponents’ communications in recent months.
Earlier, the authorities had blocked most opposition Web sites inside Iran and slowed the Internet to a crawl to prevent protesters from organizing demonstrations...
The muzzling of the opposition publications follows a ruling last week by the supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that Mr. Karroubi and another opposition leader, Mir Hussein Moussavi, have no place in politics…
On Monday, Jaras, an opposition Web site… said that as many as 20,000 people were arrested on Feb. 11, the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, when the government thwarted opposition plans to stage a large antigovernment rally…
In a sign that Tehran’s troubles are not limited to the political front, the Human Rights Activists News Agency reported that around 200 employees of a telecommunications company in Shiraz went to Tehran to demand 13 months worth of back wages. [It] also reported that 80 employees of Metec, a steel and industrial equipment manufacturer, gathered in front of the company offices in Isfahan demanding to know why they had not received a paycheck in seven months...
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posted by Ken Wedding @ 9:12 AM
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