Iran protests: 450 reportedly arrested in Tehran amid deadly anti-government demonstrations

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Iran protests: 450 reportedly arrested in Tehran amid deadly anti-government demonstrations

Iranian police have arrested 450 protesters in the capital over the past three days, a semi-official news agency says, as a police crackdown intensifies against anti-government demonstrations that began last week. Security forces have struggled to contain protests that broke out last Thursday and have continued nationwide in the boldest challenge in years to the country's clerical leadership. Iranian state television reported that nine people were killed overnight, with the overall death toll standing at least 20. The ILNA news agency ...

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