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By bne Tehran bureau Iranian authorities have arrested blogger and proofreader Hossein Shanbehzadeh, alleging that he is an Israeli spy in Ardabil Province, northwestern Iran, IRGC-linked Tasnim news agency reported on June 5. Shanbehzadeh came to the attention of the authorities when he responded to a tweeted picture of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei posing with the Iranian national volleyball team on social media platform X by tweeting “.” The fullstop response triggered a great deal of ‘likes’, which appeared to spook the security services. The arrest of Shanbehzadeh is the latest in…

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