The death toll over 16 days of mass anti-government protests in Iran reached 2,000 as of Monday, according to data published by the the U.S.-based HRANA.

Demonstrations that began as outrage over the economy have spread across the country, amid an escalating crackdown by the authorities and the threat of U.S. military action.

Nationwide protests in Iran are putting new pressure on its theocracy as the country faces an economic crisis.

Iran has faced intense nationwide protests for two weeks, marking the largest challenge to the country's ruling regime in years — and drawing vows from President Trump to intervene on the protesters' behalf if they face a violent crackdown.

New clashes over ICE operations in Minneapolis; Backlash after DOJ launches criminal investigation into fed chair; Trump responds to anti-government protests in Iran getting more violent; and more on tonight’s broadcast.

Protests against immigration enforcement were taking place across the U.S. after federal officers shot three people in Minneapolis and Portland.

A source inside Iran who was able to call out told CBS News on Tuesday that activist groups working to compile a full death toll from the protests, based on reports from medical officials across the country, believed the toll was at least 12,000, and possibly as high as 20,000.

Protests spread across US following the shooting of a 37-year-old woman, Renee Good, by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota