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Iran jails café chain owner for Instagram post backing January protests

An Iranian court convicted Sadegh Saeedinia, manager of the Saeedinia café chain, of "propaganda against national security" for posting about January's protests on Instagram and urging staff to strike. He was jailed and stripped of his assets in one of the harshest sentences handed to a private entrepreneur since the unrest. The case highlights Iran's continued crackdown on dissent in the business community.

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