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Brian Hook, Washington's special envoy for Iran, said the United States is working to help Iranians bypass a near total Internet shutdown amid violent protests over a sharp hike in gasoline prices. Speaking to RFE/RL's Radio Farda on November 18, Hook said the United States is trying to put in place "workarounds" to help Iranians access the global Internet. Hook accused the Iranian leaders of "hypocrisy" for using social media while depriving millions of Iranians access to the Internet.
Brian Hook, Washington's special envoy for Iran, says the United States is working to help Iranians bypass a near-total Internet shutdown imposed by the clerical establishment amid violent protests over a sharp hike in gasoline prices.
Several people have been killed in Iran after four days of violent protests over a spike in gasoline prices.
Tensions remain high in Iran three days after a sharp hike in fuel prices sparked deadly protests in dozens of towns and cities across the country.
Authorities in Iran have warned of a harsh response to the massive protests that have reached a reported 100 towns and cities across the country.
Sporadic protests broke out in several Iranian cities following the government’s decision to set quotas on gasoline purchases and dramatically increase fuel prices.
Iranian authorities have imposed rationing on gasoline purchases and have increased the price of fuel substantially as the economy continues to be hit by U.S. financial sanctions.
Iran says it has arrested a fugitive businessman charged with financial crimes and accused of ties to President Hassan Rohani's brother, who has been imprisoned for graft.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 has struck in northwestern Iran in the East Azerbaijan Province, killing at least five people, state media have reported.
Activists, cultural figures, and other prominent Iranians have mourned the death of Azam Taleghani, a women’s rights activist who fought repeatedly, and unsuccessfully, to become Iran’s female presidential candidate.
Iran has released four journalists and two activists on bail, including labor rights activist Sepideh Gholian nine months after she was arrested and a day following a call by Amnesty International (AI) for her release.
The brother of Iranian President Hassan Rohani has begun serving a five-year prison sentence for corruption claiming his case was based on an "illegal" wiretap.
A female Iranian journalist planning to attend today's World Cup soccer qualifier between Iran and Cambodia in Tehran says she feels "overwhelmed" and full of "joy" at being allowed to watch the match.
Iran has rejected a French call for the release of a detained Franco-Iranian researcher, describing it as "unacceptable” interference in Iran’s internal affairs.
A senior Iranian official says Tehran has foiled a plot by Israeli and Arab agencies to assassinate Major-General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force, an elite unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
Iran's Guardians Council has adopted a legal amendment allowing Iranian women married to foreigners to pass on their nationality to their offspring.
An Iranian court has sentenced President Hassan Rohani's brother to five years in prison, a spokesman for the judiciary was quoted as saying on October 1 by the semiofficial Fars news agency.
Iran says it has received messages from Saudi Arabia through third countries at a time of strained relations between the two Persian Gulf states.
Iran has been suspended from international judo competitions because of its it boycott of Israeli athletes.
Iranian soccer fans and players paid tribute to a woman who died after challenging Iran's ban on female spectators.
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