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News Topical, Digital Desk : Iranian security forces have launched a campaign to detain opposition leaders and prominent figures associated with the country's ongoing reform movement, a move that has intensified repressive measures.
Previously, authorities had suppressed nationwide protests with violence, with security forces killing thousands and detaining thousands more.
Nobel laureate sentenced to seven years in prison
Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been arrested and sentenced to more than seven years in prison, the New York Times reported. The move appears to be an attempt to silence anyone who rebels against the Iranian government's unrest as Iran faces new nuclear talks with the United States.
Trump has warned many times
President Donald Trump has repeatedly warned that he could attack the country if no deal is reached. Media reports quoted activists from the reformist movement seeking to change Iran's theocratic system as saying at least four of its members had been arrested, including Azar Mansouri, head of the Reformist Front, which represents several reformist factions, and former diplomat Mohsen Aminzadeh.
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