Geneva, March 14, 2025 (AFP) - Iran turns to tech to crush dissent: UN probe

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2025-03-14

Iran is increasingly using digital and surveillance technology and "state-sponsored vigilantism" to crush dissent after the "Women, Life, Freedom" protests in 2022, a UN investigation said Friday. Tehran is making "concerted state efforts to stifle dissent, perpetuating a climate of fear and systematic impunity", the United Nations' Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran said in a new report. These involve "the increased use of te......

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