Protests Iran

• Video appears to show Iran police shoot at demonstrators protesting plane shootdown

  The unrest comes amid soaring tensions between Washington and Tehran that have raised fears of a war between the two countries after a U.S. airstrike killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

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  Jan 13, 2020
  
• Iranian protesters take to the streets, express outrage over plane shootdown

  Protesters took to the streets of Iran for a third day on Monday, expressing outrage over the authorities' admission that they had shot down a passenger plane by accident during a confrontation with the United States.

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  Jan 13, 2020
  
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• Protest erupts after Iran admits to shooting down Ukrainian aircraft

  Videos of the protest show what looks to be hundreds of Iranians in front of Amir Kabir University raising their fists, chanting and clapping their hands. A candlelit vigil was held earlier at the university for the victims of the shooting.

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  Jan 11, 2020
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• Iran’s supreme leader calls for ‘Islamic mercy’ amid violent protests

  Iran’s supreme leader called Wednesday for those detained in recent gasoline price protests to be treated with “Islamic mercy” even after authorities acknowledged government forces shot and killed demonstrators nationwide in unrest that reportedly killed over 200 people.

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  Dec 4, 2019
• ‘Rioters’ shot as violent protests continue in Iran, state TV says

  Amnesty International believes the unrest and crackdown that followed, beginning in mid-November, killed at least 208 people. An Iranian judiciary official disputed the toll as “sheer lies,” without offering any evidence to support his position.

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  Dec 3, 2019
• Iran gas price protests have spread to 100 cities — Here’s what’s happening

  Protests over gasoline prices have swept across some 100 cities and towns in Iran, turning violent faster than widespread economic protests in 2017 and rallies over the country’s disputed 2009 presidential election.

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  Nov 18, 2019
• Iran’s leader calls demonstrators ‘thugs’ as protests spread to 100 cities

  The government shut down internet access across the nation of 80 million people to staunch demonstrations that took place in a reported 100 cities and towns.

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  Nov 17, 2019