crackdown

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Appeared in the February 13, 2026, print edition as 'Iranian Crackdown Targets Its Politicians'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

In 2015, hundreds of activists and rights lawyers were arrested in what later became known as the 709 Crackdown, named after July 9, the day it was launched.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2023

Brash and bombastic, the Crackdown 3 sizzle reel was too confusing to make much sense of.

From Time • Jun. 11, 2017

The explosive sandbox action of Crackdown is making its long-awaited return this year — but this time it’s powered by Microsoft’s cloud technology for even greater destruction.

From The Verge • Dec. 27, 2015

The civil libertarians nevertheless enjoyed the greatest success of any of the groups in the Crackdown of 1990.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce