A lawmaker on a government panel investigating the incidents said earlier this month that as many as 5,000 students have complained of being sickened in 230 schools across 25 provinces.
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Iran hangs former defense ministry official over spy claim
The hanging of Ali Reza Akbari, a close ally of top security official Ali Shamkhani, suggests an ongoing power struggle within Iran’s theocracy.
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Iran executes 2 more men detained amid nationwide protests
The men had been convicted of killing a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s volunteer force.
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Iran upholds death sentences for teenage protesters
The Islamic Republic has already hanged two 23-year-olds arrested in the protests.
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Iran publicly executes man as a warning to protesters
The development underscores the speed at which Iran now carries out death sentences handed down for those detained in the demonstrations that the government hopes to put down.
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Iran-U.S. World Cup clash rife with political tension
Iran’s nationwide protests, its expanding nuclear program and regional and international attacks linked back to Tehran have pushed the match beyond the stadium and into geopolitics.
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Hackers breach Iran’s atomic energy agency, protests persist
The hack comes as Iran continues to face nationwide unrest first sparked by the Sept. 16 death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman in police custody for allegedly not adhering to the country’s strict Islamic dress code.
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U.S. intelligence says Iranian troops in Crimea backing Russian drone strikes
The U.S. first revealed this summer that Russia was purchasing Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles to launch against Ukraine.
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Waves of suicide drones strike Ukraine’s capital, killing at least 4
The concentrated use of the drones is the 2nd barrage in as many weeks – after months in which air attacks had become become a rarity in central Kyiv.
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Iranian officials say Tehran prison blaze killed 4 inmates
The prison houses political prisoners and anti-government activists.