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The death in custody of the young

Mahsa Amini

and the wave of discontent that this episode has unleashed

last week have almost completely buried the

efforts of the Iranian government and the rest of the signatories to

revive the atomic pact

.

The parties had gone to New York, where

the UN General Assembly took place

, in the midst of certain expectations regarding the possibility of intensifying contacts to achieve such an objective.

It was not so.

To make matters worse,

the EU, a key hinge actor, contemplates sanctioning Iran

.

"We hope that Iran will immediately stop the violent repression of the protests and

guarantee access to the Internet, as well as the free flow of information

," the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said in a statement.

The also mediator between the US and Iran on the nuclear dossier has not connected the brutality of these days with the negotiations.

But most observers agree that Joe Biden, under heavy pressure not to engage with Iran, will have a harder time doing so.

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After successive obstacles, the process to revive the nuclear pact -

from which the US withdrew in 2018

, causing Iran to renounce its commitments - has suffered a block this month.

The reason is a demand from the IAEA to investigate three undeclared sites in the past, and where there may have been radioactive activity.

Iranian Foreign Minister

Hossein Amirabdollahian

has declared that "we are ready to provide answers to his questions", but

accuses the IAEA of acting in a "political" manner

.

Protests now enter the Iranian equation which, although they have been reduced in volume due to the large presence of security forces in the streets and Internet outages, continue to express widespread discontent with the system.

According to official sources,

there are 1,200 detainees

.

The last

death toll is 41

.

Most are believed to be participants, although there are also victims among the officers.

This has caused the government to brand all protesters as "troublemakers."

At the same time, what happened has inflamed positions around several persistent debates within Iranian society.

The most pressing are the management of the economy and the

mandatory nature of the veil

.

Although reformism has traditionally been the faction most inclined to

demand the end of its imposition

, this Sunday an unusual voice has been added:

Hosein Nouri Hamedani, a conservative cleric

close to the principled branch and, consequently, a fervent supporter of the role of the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

"Leaders must listen to the demands of the people, solve their problems and show sensitivity for their rights,"

Hamedani, who holds the title of Grand Ayatollah and therefore acts as a spiritual reference for many believers, said in a statement. .

"Any insult to the sacred and any attack against the rights of people and against public property is condemned," he added, thus condemning the actions of some protesters in recent days.

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