Iran, protests and Human Rights Activists
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More than 5,000 killed in recent protests in Iran, rights group says, as regime rejects Trump claims
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,
Demonstrations that began as outrage over the economy are facing a brutal crackdown as President Trump weighs military action.
Widening demonstrations sparked by Iran's ailing economy spread Thursday into the Islamic Republic's rural provinces, with at least eight people being killed in the first fatalities reported among security forces and protesters, authorities said.
The Islamic Republic has experienced multiple mass protests in recent years, but the latest round of demonstrations come at a particularly difficult moment for the regime. Iranian people hold the national flags next to a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader ...
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Disgruntled Gen-Z protesters, who have toppled governments and rattled rulers across the world this year, have claimed their first European victory. Bulgaria’s government collapsed Thursday following a wave of youth-driven street protests over entrenched ...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said “several thousand” people were killed during recent anti-government protests, blaming individuals linked to the United States and Israel for the violence.