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Iran is intensifying its crackdown on dissent, Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi says

PBS News Hour - Segments

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Iran announced it would suspend cooperation with the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, likely preventing a review of the damage done to its nuclear sites and setting Washington and Tehran on another collision course. It comes as Iran has launched a massive operation to find Israeli spies. Nick Schifrin spoke with Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, who describes it as a harsh crackdown on all dissent. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Today, Iran announced it would suspend cooperation with the UN's nuclear watchdog,

0:05.3

possibly preventing an independent review of the damage done to Iran's nuclear sites,

0:10.1

and setting Washington and Tehran on a collision course.

0:13.3

Iranian officials say they aren't closing the door to diplomacy,

0:16.4

but say there are no plans for talks with the U.S.

0:18.9

In the meantime, the Iranian government has launched a massive crackdown since the war with Israel

0:24.2

and the U.S. ended.

0:25.6

The crackdown is ostensibly meant to find Israeli spies, but Nick Schifrin spoke earlier

0:30.5

today with an Iranian Nobel Peace laureate who describes a harsh stifling of all dissent.

0:40.5

In Iran... describes a harsh stifling of all dissent. In Tehran today, the regime is stalking its enemies.

0:46.3

Hundreds of arrests, alleged Israeli collaborators paraded on state TV and checkpoints around the country.

0:56.0

In times like these, the Islamic Republic uses every tool at its disposal to intensify its repression of the Iranian people.

1:04.0

For 30 years, Nargis Mohamedi has fought for democracy and human rights, and in 2023 won the Nobel Peace Prize in absentia.

1:13.4

She's banned from travel and has been repeatedly arrested.

1:17.4

Most recently, she was held in Iran's notorious Avine prison and was released in December

1:22.4

on House Arrest, where she spoke with us today.

1:26.8

The Islamic Republic is now using the war with Israel as a pretext to intensify its crackdown.

1:33.3

Israel's 12-day campaign against Iran facilitated by a massive intelligence penetration across society.

1:42.3

And now Iran says it's hunting for Israeli spies and their weapons of choice.

1:47.0

I witnessed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces in Tehran

1:53.0

stopping cars and dumping all the passengers' belongings into the street,

1:58.0

supposedly while searching for drones. It's an insult to the intelligence

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