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Iran curtails freedom in throwback to 1979 - -

By Robin wright

Iran Curtails Freedom In Throwback to 1979

Repression Seen as Cultural Revolution

Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, June 16, 2007; Page A10

Iran is in the midst of a sweeping crackdown that both Iranians and U.S. analysts compare to a cultural revolution in its attempt to steer the oil-rich theocracy back to the rigid strictures of the 1979 revolution.

The recent detentions of Iranian American dual nationals are only a small part of a campaign that includes arrests, interrogations, intimidation and harassment of thousands of Iranians as well as purges of academics and new censorship codes for the media. Hundreds of Iranians have been detained and interrogated, including a top Iranian official, according to Iranian and international human rights groups.



    
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