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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 ...
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Iranian cleric rails against U.S., calls for death penalty for demonstrators, as protests appear to ebb
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