‘Blood on the streets’: Iranian who fled Karaj tells of brutal crackdown on protesters

[Egypt Independent - Egypt] - 18/01/2026

Sulaimaniya, Iraq — Farzat never meant to be a taxi driver. While he was studying law in Tehran, he dabbled in politics. That’s when his troubles began, he told CNN. He was arrested and jailed four times over the last nine years, he said, and most recently was facing a charge of “contact with a (…)

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