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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T06:07:28.000Z",
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  "textContent": "From Khomeini’s war doctrine to today’s regional escalation, conflict has been used to suppress dissent and entrench authoritarian rule in Iran Wars, wherever they occur, tend to produce similar outcomes: they inflame nationalist sentiment, redirect public attention outward, and push domestic concerns to the margins. Economies become subordinated to conflict, daily life contracts, and […]\n\nThe post War as a Tool of Repression: How Tehran Exploits Conflict to Silence a Nation appeared first on Iran News Update.",
  "title": "War as a Tool of Repression: How Tehran Exploits Conflict to Silence a Nation"
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