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Jaish al-Adl has since 2012 waged an armed campaign for what it says are the rights of Iranian Sunnis, who complain Iran’s Shia establishment discriminates against them.
The group has carried out several recent attacks against security personnel in Sistan-Baluchestan. The region has a mainly Sunni ethnic Baluchi community.
2.5 Iran’s judiciary attacks rising star IT minister for internet freedoms
"Lack of safe space" on social media
Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, Iran’s Minister for Communications and Information Technology, has been accused by the country’s hardline judiciary of “allowing Iranian data to be vulnerable to espionage”.
There is mounting concern in reformist circles over what fate awaits President Hassan Rouhani’s youngest minister, a 37-year-old politician who is a rising star. The judiciary has singled him out as among several top-flight officials who have allegedly acted against the Islamic Republic’s interests.
According to the judiciary, 2,000 people in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, which suffered a terrorist attack last September, and the general prosecutor's office have lodged a complaint against Jahromi. It is a move that could see him pushed out of office.
"Someone in the judiciary says they'll lodge a complaint against a young minister. Well, he is not at all intimidated and is doing his job," centrist, pragmatist Iranian President Hassan Rouhani remarked, without naming Jahromi.
“Ok, then, lodge a complaint! The young minister is working for the benefit of the people and pays no heed to pointless orders," he added defiantly.
A "lack of safe space" on social media in Iran "drew [people] to Takfiri [Wahhabi fundamentalist] groups and eventually led to the terrorist incident at the armed forces parade [in Ahvaz]", Javad Javidnia, a cyberspace official at the prosecutor's office, told news agencies.
There is some speculation that the move to go after Jahromi is designed to lay shadowy groundwork for ending his career as a minister and stop him gaining a role in the next administration. Some commentators think Jahromi is a candidate for taking the mantle of Rouhani as president. He has previously stated that he is not seeking the top job. Nevertheless, he remains popular with young voters for dismantling internet barriers.
2.6 Erdogan says Turkey “ready” to establish own mechanism for Iran trade in defiance of US sanctions
Turkey is "ready" to establish its own trade mechanism with Iran in defiance of US sanctions aimed at the country, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a bilateral meeting on February 14 with Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, according to Iran’s Mehr News Agency.
Referring to Europe’s Instex (Instrument In Support of Trade Exchanges)
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