A "prominent businessman who closed his cafes in solidarity with the protests was detained and had his assets seized. The attorney general said anyone who backed the uprising would have their assets seized to 'teach them a lesson'": American pot calls the British kettle black: "[A]iming for the eyes symbolically signifies stripping someone of their personal, political capital": Israeli war crimes continue: As "Iranian activists say they are lobbying the Trump administration to allow U.S. satellite and communications companies to switch on their direct-to-cell service over Iran" ... ... "Iran’s vice president overseeing science, technology, and the knowledge-based economy" promised "that nationwide Internet access will be gradually restored by the end of the week": "Atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region are spreading from town to town in an organized campaign of violence that includes mass executions, rape and ethnic targeting, amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity": "[I]n a scenario of internal chaos in Iran, the government could 'lose the ability to protect its nuclear assets'" leading to the risk of theft of "Iran’s highly enriched uranium stockpile": Interventions into Venezuela and Iran both "have been waged through a combination of crushing economic sanctions, targeted military strikes, cyberwarfare, stoking unrest and unrelenting misinformation campaigns": Disinvited from Davos, Iran's FM notes "Israel’s genocide of Palestinians and mass slaughter of 71,000 innocent people have not compelled WEF to cancel any invitation extended to Israeli officials whatsoever":
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