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

Iran in New Internet Crackdown to Thwart Protesters

Flowers are seen on a portrait of Mahsa Amini during a demonstration in her support in front of the Iranian embassy in Brussels, on September 23, 2022, following the death of an Iranian woman after her arrest by the country's morality police in Tehran. (AFP)

Iran has imposed tough and targeted restrictions on internet use to try to prevent protests and stop images of crackdowns on their demonstrations reaching the outside world, observers say.

Activists have expressed alarm that the restrictions could allow the authorities to carry out repression "under the cover of darkness".

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