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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/world/middleeast/10arrests.html
Iran Arrests Reformists in Bid to Quell Protests
(New York Times) Michael Slackman - Iranian security officials have unleashed an epidemic of arrests in an effort to neutralize the political opposition, silence critical voices and head off widespread protests when the nation observes the anniversary of the revolution on Thursday. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, based in New York, calculated that in the past two months at least 1,000 people have been imprisoned. The authorities seem to have singled out journalists and women's rights activists.