Iran Protests

• Iran protests appear to calm, fate of detained demonstrators unclear

  A senior hard-line cleric called Friday for the death penalty for detainees and directly threatened U.S. President Donald Trump, as the death toll from the protests rose.

  World

  Jan 16
  
• U.S. warns Iran ‘all options are on the table’ at emergency UN meeting

  The U.S. was joined by Iranian dissidents in rebuking the government’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests that activists say has killed at least 2,600 people.

  World

  Jan 15
  
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• Why Canada doesn’t have diplomatic relations with Iran anymore

  Canada's strained relationship with Iran goes back more than a decade, when a Conservative government under former prime minister Stephen Harper cut diplomatic ties with Tehran.

  Canada

  Jan 15
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• A Canadian citizen has ‘died in Iran at the hands of the Iranian authorities’

  As of Wednesday, there were 3,054 Canadian citizens and permanent residents registered in Iran, a government spokesperson told Global News.

  Canada

  Jan 15
• Iran protests: Tehran warns it will hit U.S. bases if Trump strikes

  The United States said it was withdrawing some personnel from key bases in the Middle East as a precaution given heightened regional tensions.

  World

  Jan 14
• ‘Leave Iran now,’ Ottawa urges Canadians as protests, crackdown intensify

  The advisory points to the arrest and detention by Iranian authorities of several individuals 'including foreign and dual nationals.'

  Canada

  Jan 13
• Death toll from Iran protest crackdown crosses 2,000, activists say

  That figure dwarfs the death toll from any other round of protest or unrest in Iran in decades and recalls the chaos surrounding the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution.

  World

  Jan 13
• What to know about Iran’s deadly protests as government cuts off internet

  Economic pressure, which has intensified since September when the United Nations reimposed sanctions, has sent Iran's rial currency into a free fall.

  World

  Jan 13
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• Canada, allies condemn Iran’s lethal crackdown on protests

  Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand in a joint statement with Australia and the European Union praised the bravery of peaceful protesters and attacked Iran's use of lethal force.

  World

  Jan 12
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• Protesters try to attack driver after truck speeds through L.A. anti-Iran protest

  The U-Haul truck, with its side mirrors shattered, was stopped several blocks away and surrounded by police cars.

  U.S. News

  Jan 11