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There have been at least 36 deaths and over 2,000 arrests, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
Iran has been gripped by demonstrations amid the country's economic crisis, with social discontent fueling open protest against the regime. Media and authorities have pinned the blame on foreign intelligence services.
Protests in Iran have continued despite threats from the government to crack down. Online videos show demonstrators protesting Friday night, even after authorities shut down the internet and cut phone lines.
Iran's supreme leader signaled Friday that security forces would crack down on protesters after they screamed from windows and marched through the streets overnight, directly challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to support those peacefully demonstrating.
U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials have exchanged dueling threats as widening economic protests sweep across parts of the Islamic Republic. Trump initially wrote on his Truth Social
Israel's airstrikes on Iran Friday targeted Iranian nuclear facilities, scientists and senior military commanders, the Israeli military said. Israel Defense Forces said 200 fighter jets struck more than 100 targets in Iran in an initial round of strikes ...
The demonstrations, now in their second week, have spread across the country as strikes hit Iran’s oil sector.