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Helps explain what's been going on in the Islamic Republic.
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I just spoke with our ambassador in the I.R.K.
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Hassan's security forces are sweeping through the capital,
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arresting opposition leaders, shuttering news organizations.
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Has he declared martial law?
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Not officially, but effectively, that's exactly what he's been doing.
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Who can blame him?
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I mean, his brother can't have been acting alone.
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We want Hassan cracking down on hardliners in his own government.
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Except that he's defying his country's laws,
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as well as his international human rights obligations.
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And if he continues, it may delegitimize the peace accord.