The students at Kharazmi and Arak universities, as well as four other institutions, threw their provided food onto surrounding streets in protest, with the country’s national student union accusing authorities of deliberately poisoning people.In a statement, the union said: “Our past experiences of similar incidents at the Isfahan university negates the authorities’ reason for this mass food poisoning.” Officials have blamed the outbreak on water-borne bacteria.The ex-striker, who scored 109 international goals, said last week that he had faced threats after showing public support for the anti-regime movement.In a statement quoted by Tasnim, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Markazi province, southwest of Tehran, said it had arrested “a network with 12 members with links abroad.” It alleged they had been “under the guidance of counter-revolutionary agents living in Germany and the Netherlands” and carried out “activities against national security.” They had “attempted to procure weapons and intended to carry out subversive acts” but had been captured before being able to do so, it added.27-year-old Iranian subjected to three mock executions in prison: BBC Mock executions are a form of psychological torture in which a victim is made to feel that their execution is taking place but it is not carried out Like others, the man's death sentence can be appealed, but Iranian judiciary chief said executions would take place soon Updated 06 December 2022 Arab News LONDON: A 27-year-old man who is one of six people sentenced to death in Iran over ongoing anti-regime protests has been subjected to several mock executions in prison, the BBC reported Last month, a Revolutionary Court found Sahand Noormohammadzadeh guilty of acts of “vandalism and arson of public property with the aim of causing disruption to the country's peace and order and confronting the Islamic government,” according to the Mizan News Agency."