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Subject: sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2024 19:31:10 -0500
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An Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at the
supreme leader
An Iranian writer and activist has been sentenced to 12 years in
prison after replying with a single dot, or period, in response to a
post on the social platform X by Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei. 
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Shanbehzadeh's post received far more "likes" than Khamenei's original
tweet, according to Iran International English.

Shanbehzadeh is just the latest activist to be caught up in the
hard-line government's crackdown on critics. Iran watchers say the
leadership has felt insecure about the high level of dissent in the
country for a while. Artists, playwrights, directors and others are
also being swept up and given long prison sentences. In late April,
Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was handed the death sentence for his
antigovernment videos.

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/02/g-s1-20579/iran-sentenced-12-years-tweet-supreme-leader