On television and online in Iran, the cost of opposition plays endlessly on state media. Confessions, executions, re-enactments of crimes. Many Iranians say it’s working: People tempted to protest are paralyzed with fear ↧ Iran’s wartime hunt for protesters ushers in a new era of repression Iran has been hunting anti-government dissidents at home and abroad throughout its war with the US. The coordinated campaign has instilled a climate of fear.