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A morgue overflowing with more body bags than answers amid Iran’s latest crackdown on dissent
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A morgue overflowing with more body bags than answers amid Iran’s latest crackdown on dissent

Iranians screamed in anguish and cried in confusion as they gathered beside bodies shrouded in black bags in a makeshift…
A student, a bodybuilder and a father of three among those killed during protests in Iran
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A student, a bodybuilder and a father of three among those killed during protests in Iran

Robina Aminian, a 23-year-old studying at university in Tehran, had dreams of moving to Milan to pursue a career in…
A sick economy and growing poverty have fueled Iran’s protests
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A sick economy and growing poverty have fueled Iran’s protests

The Iranian economy is in free-fall, led by a stunning depreciation of its currency, the rial. Inflation and deepening poverty…
Death toll in Iran climbs to at least 544, US-based activist group says
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Death toll in Iran climbs to at least 544, US-based activist group says

The death toll in Iran has risen, according to a US-based rights group that has been tracking casualty numbers amid…
Iran’s troubled regime cracks down hard as Trump ratchets up pressure
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Iran’s troubled regime cracks down hard as Trump ratchets up pressure

As furious protests enter their third week and bring Iran to the precipice of change, the country’s theocratic government is…
Iran’s feared paramilitary group is cracking down on protesters. Here’s what we know about the Basij
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Iran’s feared paramilitary group is cracking down on protesters. Here’s what we know about the Basij

Members of Iran’s parliament have appealed to the Minister of Intelligence to resume Basij patrols as security forces crack down…
“We can’t handle it anymore:” Iranians describe heavy toll of protests and violent crackdown
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“We can’t handle it anymore:” Iranians describe heavy toll of protests and violent crackdown

Eyewitness accounts from the ongoing protests in Iran — where the government has imposed an internet blackout — depict intense…
Iran will retaliate against any US attacks, parliament speaker warns
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Iran will retaliate against any US attacks, parliament speaker warns

Tehran will treat US military and commercial bases as targets for retaliation if Washington intervenes militarily in unrest-hit Iran, its…
Iranians have been protesting for almost two weeks. Here’s how the demonstrations began
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Iranians have been protesting for almost two weeks. Here’s how the demonstrations began

People across Iran have taken part in anti-government protests for nearly two weeks now. Dozens of people have been killed,…
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