Executions, arrests and paranoia: Inside Iran’s crackdown on its own people
- Posted on July 1, 2025
- By The Independent
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Executions, arrests and paranoia: Inside Iran’s crackdown on its own people
In the wake of Israel’s attacks, Iran has brought in new laws, issued a surge of death penalties on the spot and arrested people for ‘suspicious movement’ to control society, suppress dissent, and escape its own crisis of legitimacy, writes Amirhossein Miresmaeili
