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Iran Poll Shows Majority Backs Right to Protest After Crackdown

◢ About three-quarters of Iranians surveyed in a government-backed poll said they supported the rights of protesters to take to the streets in last month’s countrywide demonstrations. The Iranian Students’ Polling Agency also found that 62% of respondents saw “dialogue with protesters” as the government’s best means of addressing popular discontent.

Iran TV Boss Fired Over Jackie Chan Sex Scene

◢ A regional boss of Iran's state broadcaster IRIB has been fired after inadvertently letting a Jackie Chan sex scene slip through its tight censorship rules, local media reported on Monday. Viewers on Iran's Kish Island were shocked when their local TV station showed the martial arts star having sex with a prostitute in one of his films.

Iran TV Film On Evils of Dancing Online Sparks Controversy

◢ A film on Iranian state television showing social media users being upbraided for allegedly promoting dance online has sparked criticism from reformists in the Islamic republic. The broadcast, aired Friday on flagship channel IRIB 1, featured men and women whose faces were not shown being questioned and made to repent for activities portrayed as contrary to Islamic law and "family values.”

Iran Newspaper Chief Freed After Arrest

◢ The head of Iran's reformist newspaper Shargh was freed Sunday, a day after being arrested over a report on "prostitution" in a northeastern city that angered residents, Iranian media said. Mehdi Rahmanian, the director of the newspaper, was released in the afternoon after paying bail of 500 million rials (USD 9,000), the ILNA news agency reported.