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Iran’s top prosecutor on Friday called U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that he halted the hangings of 800 detained protesters there “completely false.” Meanwhile, the overall death toll from a bloody crackdown on nationwide demonstrations rose to at least 5,002, activists said. CBC | World News
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As protests in Iran are silenced, rights groups work to count the dead amid internet blackout
The Iranian regime says just over 3,000 people were killed in recent protests over the country’s failed economy, while human rights groups put the number of protesters confirmed dead at more than 4,000 and rising. CBC | World News
Read More »Britain calls some anti-Israel protests a form of terrorism. Is it state overreach?
A trio of British hunger strikers is taking food again last week, after claiming victory in a standoff with the U.K. government over the group Palestine Action. The activist group, best known for vandalizing British companies associated with Israel, has been proscribed as a terrorist organization by the government. CBC | World News
Read More »Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blames Trump for inciting anti-government protests
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has acknowledged that thousands of people were killed during anti-government protests over the last two weeks, but blamed the U.S. for the death toll. He also called President Donald Trump a criminal for supporting the protests, which have been countered by tens of thousands of pro-government demonstrators. The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency ...
Read More »Iranian cleric rails against U.S., calls for death penalty for demonstrators, as protests appear to ebb
Iran’s deadly crackdown appears to have broadly quelled protests for now, according to a rights group and residents, as state media reported more arrests on Friday in the shadow of U.S. threats to intervene if the killing continues. CBC | World News
Read More »‘Wine moms’ are being blamed for the ICE protests. We’ve heard this one before
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Read More »Iranian man arrested amid protests sentenced to death, say human rights groups
Erfan Soltani, a 26-year-old Iranian man, has been sentenced to death in Iran amid widespread protests and a deadly government crackdown, according to human rights groups. CBC | World News
Read More »What’s happening in Iran? Breaking down the deadly protests shaking the country
Nationwide protests have been shaking Iran for weeks. They started Dec. 28 in response to soaring prices, then turned into wider anti-government protests against the clerical rulers who have governed the country for nearly 50 years. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump says Tehran wants to negotiate as he weighs U.S. response to regime’s crackdown on protests
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Read More »Anti-ICE protests continue in major U.S. cities after Minneapolis, Portland shootings
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