Iran President Pushes Back Over Anti-U.S. Crackdown

THE NEW YORK TIMES

BY THOMAS ERDBRINK AND RICK GLADSTONE

President Hassan Rouhani of Iran on Wednesday criticized the recent arrests of journalists and others by the Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has accused detainees of being part of seditious plots hatched by the United States.

In remarks at a cabinet meeting posted on his Instagram account, Mr. Rouhani suggested that at least some of those arrests had been groundless.

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