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In the Persian calendar, 22 Bahman has a revered place as the anniversary of the overthrow of the Western-backed monarchy by the world's first Islamic revolution. Tomorrow marks 31 years since that event and in Tehran the preparations are underway. Bunting and flags are strung across the streets, and loudspeakers have been fixed to lamp posts to relay speeches which, according to tradition ...

Since the presidential poll that plunged Iran into its deepest turmoil since the 1979 revolution, the authorities have slowed Internet speeds and shut down opposition websites.

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TEHRAN, Feb 9 — With their paths through the Internet increasingly blocked by government filters, Nooshin and her fellow Iranian opposition-supporters say their information on planned protests now comes in emails. They say they don’t know who sends them. Internet messages have been circulating about possible rallies on Feb 11, when Iran marks the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. But ...

Poland called its ambassador to Minsk back to Warsaw on Tuesday for consultations on a property dispute between the Belarusian government and a Polish minority group in the former Soviet state.

With their paths through the Internet increasingly blocked by government filters, Nooshin and her fellow Iranian opposition-supporters say their information on planned protests now comes in emails.