TEHRAN: Iran has arrested eight people it accused of having links to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and sending information abroad on recent urban unrest, days after the United States said it had received thousands of messages on a protest crackdown in the Islamic republic.

New York-based Human Rights Watch has accused Tehran of “deliberately covering up” more than 140 deaths that it said came when security forces suppressed demonstrations against a sharp fuel price hike.

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