repression

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He and fellow student Valentina Scaloni, 24, don't agree with the principle of US intervention but feel it was necessary to achieve freedom after years of repression by the government.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

They have hit targets linked to Tehran’s repression apparatus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Iranian authorities have a formidable internal security apparatus, numbering an estimated "850,000 agents of repression", Pierre Razoux, director of studies at the Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Studies, told French lawmakers on Wednesday.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

But those efforts mostly did not lead to significant reforms and, in some countries, prompted further repression.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Even though every cell contains the same set of genes—an identical genome—the selective activation or repression of particular subsets of genes allows an individual cell to respond to its environments.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee