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Authorities ordered schools construction sites scenic spots across city to be closed and all rural homestays and campsites to suspend operations

Xi instructed officials to make all-out effort to search and rescue those still missing properly evacuate resettle residents at risk and minimize casualties to greatest extent possible

Current first Vice President of Iran Mohammad Reza Aref hails from the reformist camp

Members of the movement had begun in recent weeks to criticize the government crackdown and the death toll which the government puts at 3117

By pursuing a forceful crackdown the long-term risk for Iranian authorities is that they may push reformists to take a stronger oppositional stance

Fars said the charges they face include coordinating with enemy propaganda stoking political divisions and secretly plotting to overthrow the system

Iran's judiciary did not identify the reformists detained but said authorities arrested four who were actively working in favor of the Zionist regime and the United States

On Jan 26 Ms Mansouri head of the Reformist Front released a statement addressing protesters and their families

The party has been targeted by hard-liners who sought to sideline it and consolidate power in 2009 when a contested presidential election sparked nationwide protests and arrests of reformist politicians

Iranian officials often describe those they are arresting as rioters or terrorists supported by Israeli and U.S. efforts to sow unrest in the country

Large death toll from recent protest wave deepened tensions between Iran's reformist leaders and their base which has grown disillusioned with the Islamic Republic and sought a tougher stance toward the country's rulers

We will not allow the blood of these loved ones to be forgotten or the truth to be lost in obscurity

No power no justification and no passage of time can cleanse this great tragedy

Things are going to get worse before they get better

This is not going to be a snap back to life as normal

Targeting the top echelon presents a new challenge for Mr. Pezeshkian

Iran's reformist political faction is a legal organized political party that has been a force in Iranian politics for three decades

The party's endorsement convinced many Iranians to vote for Mr. Pezeshkian

Ali Vaez said the arrests were a message to Iranians and the outside world