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Protests in Iran are intensifying due to the country's struggling economy, putting pressure on its theocracy as it has shut down the internet and telephone networks.
As protests continue to spread with a rising death toll, some believe Iran’s ruling clerics are facing an unprecedented threat, in part because of U.S. President Donald Trump’s moves on Venezuela.
Mass protests in the streets of Iran are presenting the most significant challenge to the country’s regime in years. President Trump today renewed his threat to take action in Iran if the government there goes after protestors.
BBC News Persian profiles the former crown prince who is once again seeking a role in shaping his country's future.
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Iran’s exiled crown prince rises as a figure in protests, decades after leaving his homeland
Nearly 50 years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution overthrew his father, exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has spurred demonstrators onto the streets in a massive escalation of the protests sweeping Iran.
Protesters were "ruining their own streets" to please President Donald Trump, who has threatened intervention, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday.
At least 62 people are reported to have been killed and 2,300 detained during weeks of protests initially sparked by anger over the country’s ailing economy.
At least 45 protesters have been killed in the first 12 days of ongoing nationwide protests in Iran, according to the Norway-based Iran Human Rights NGO (IHRNGO). CNN cannot independently verify these numbers,
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