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Nicolas Isnard, the Republicans mayor of Salon-de-Provence, has proposed cutting off social media during student riots, a suggestion compared to Iranian censorship practices. Party figure Bruno Retailleau has also resurfaced with hard-line proposals aimed at shutting down high school demonstrations. The measures have sparked mockery and criticism, with observers on the French right and left calling the ideas chaotic and a free-for-all of increasingly extreme suggestions.

Iranian authorities have executed Siavash Jamshidi-Kheirabadi by hanging. According to Iran Human Rights, he is at least the latest in a pattern in which roughly one protester from the January demonstrations has been hanged every week since March. Human rights groups say the executions are part of a broader campaign of capital punishment against people arrested in connection with the protests.

Iran has carried out public executions of protesters, according to human rights groups who say the regime is expanding repression in the period following the recent conflict. Rights organizations are warning that the executions are part of a broader crackdown on dissent, with critics urging the international community to respond to what they describe as serious abuses by Iranian authorities.

A rights group says Iranian authorities arrested 17 women activists during September. The detentions add to concerns about the crackdown on women's rights campaigners in Iran, where authorities have repeatedly detained activists campaigning against compulsory veiling and for greater freedoms. Details about the women's identities, the charges against them and where they are being held have not been made public.

Iran has executed Siavash Jamshidi, a protester arrested in connection with the January uprising, according to Iranian opposition outlet Iran Focus. The execution adds to a wave of death sentences handed down against demonstrators, which rights groups and activists condemn as a crackdown aimed at crushing dissent. Calls are growing for international condemnation of Tehran's use of the death penalty against protesters.

An Iranian protester faces imminent execution, drawing international concern after a previous public hanging attempt failed. Human rights groups and observers are warning that the death sentence may soon be carried out, amid ongoing outrage over Iran's treatment of protesters following the 2022 unrest and its wider use of the death penalty against dissidents.

Amnesty International has released findings that Iranian security forces shot protesters on sight during the 2022 unrest in Kurdish areas of Iran, killing numerous people. The rights group documented fatal shootings of demonstrators, including during the protests that followed Mahsa Amini's death. The report renews scrutiny of Iran's crackdown and calls for accountability.

Mahboubeh Shabani, an Iranian protester sentenced to death, has been transferred to solitary confinement, according to Iran Human Rights. The group says the move raises fears her execution could be imminent, as authorities often isolate prisoners shortly before carrying out death sentences. Activists are calling for urgent international pressure on Iran to halt the sentence.

An Iranian woman sentenced to death in connection with anti-government protests is pleading for international intervention, saying 'do something' as she awaits execution. Her case has drawn attention to Iran's harsh treatment of demonstrators following the protest movement. Activists and rights groups are urging Western governments and international bodies to act to prevent her execution.

An Iranian singer has been sentenced to 74 lashes after performing without wearing a hijab. Human rights groups have condemned the punishment, calling it a form of torture. The case has drawn international attention to the treatment of women and performers under Iran's compulsory veiling laws, which have faced growing resistance since widespread protests against the regime.