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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Fame No Shield from ‘Frightening’ Iran Arrest Wave

In Iran, no-one who shows dissent from the prevailing theocratic system is safe from being caught in the dragnet of the crackdown. (AFP)

An international footballer, an influential tech-blogger, a woman who was merely eating her breakfast without a headscarf.

In Iran no-one who expresses dissent from the ruling theocratic system, including the famous, is safe from being caught in the dragnet of a crackdown that has seen hundreds arrested in more than three weeks of protests.

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