Iran's dual reality: As veil restrictions ease, political crackdown deepens:
On Tehran's bustling streets, women walk unveiled in jeans and sneakers and couples ...
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Iran’s Contrasting Social Relaxation and Political CrackdownIn 2025, Iran executed over 1,170 people amid eased social rules and intensified suppression of dissent.
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- Visible social restrictions have been eased to reduce public unrest amid economic difficulties.
- Political repression has simultaneously intensified, with executions reaching their highest level since 1989.
- Economic collapse and stalled nuclear talks have increased internal and external pressures on the regime.
- State-sponsored influencers promote a welcoming image abroad while critics warn of a covert crackdown.
Pressure is mounting — from threats to our families, to arrests of activists, students and journalists. They want to crush dissent.— An activist, jailed in 2019 during protests over fuel price hikes that quickly turned political.
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