{"id":1341,"date":"2011-11-23T05:34:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T05:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/23\/iran-crackdown-shows-intolerance-for-dissent\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:30:00","slug":"iran-crackdown-shows-intolerance-for-dissent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/11\/23\/iran-crackdown-shows-intolerance-for-dissent\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Crackdown Shows Intolerance for Dissent | Human Rights Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via <a style=\"font-weight:bold;font-size:16px\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\/p\/710020529\/iran-crackdown-shows-intolerance-for-dissent-human-rights-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scoop.it<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rights &amp; Liberties<\/a><br \/> (New York) \u2013 The Iranian security forces\u2019 November 21, 2011 raid on the offices of the official Iran newspaper and their attempt to arrest President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad\u2019s media adviser show the Iranian government\u2019s extreme reaction to dissent,&hellip;<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2011\/11\/22\/iran-crackdown-shows-intolerance-dissent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Via hrw.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via Scoop.it &#8211; Rights &amp; Liberties (New York) \u2013 The Iranian security forces\u2019 November 21, 2011 raid on the offices of the official Iran newspaper and their attempt to arrest President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad\u2019s media adviser show the Iranian government\u2019s extreme &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/11\/23\/iran-crackdown-shows-intolerance-for-dissent\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1617,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/06\/21\/charlie-rose-on-iranian-reform\/","url_meta":{"origin":1341,"position":0},"title":"Charlie Rose on Iranian Reform","author":"aslam","date":"June 21, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & LibertiesWatch Charlie Rose\u2019s interview with Hadi Ghaemi of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Haleh Esfandiari, Director of the Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, & Ervand Abrahamian of Baruch College on the current climate of reform in IranShow original","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1176,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2012\/01\/09\/international-campaign-for-human-rights-in-iran\/","url_meta":{"origin":1341,"position":1},"title":"International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran \u2013 Iranian Judiciary Must Reverse American Citizen\u2019s Death Sentence","author":"aslam","date":"January 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & LibertiesJudgment Issued in Summary Trial Without Due ProcessVia iranhumanrights.org","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1197,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/12\/31\/danish-company-helps-iran-spy-on-citizens\/","url_meta":{"origin":1341,"position":2},"title":"Danish company helps Iran spy on citizens","author":"aslam","date":"December 31, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & Liberties Apparently, the Danish company RanTek helps the Iranian regime monitor people\u2019s internet activities. 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