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"Iran has warned the US not to attack over protests that have rocked the
country, as Donald Trump weighed the options for a response from Washington,
with the reported death toll from the demonstrations soaring to the hundreds.
At least 538 people have been killed in the violence surrounding
demonstrations, according to the US-based
Human Rights Activists News Agency,
including 490 protesters. The group reported that more than 10,600 people were
arrested by Iranian authorities.
Another rights monitor, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights group, said on
Sunday that at least 192 protesters had been killed. Casualty figures varied
between rights groups as they struggled to access people within Iran amid the
internet blackout in the country, but all are expected to be undercounts. The
regime has not supplied its own figures and it was not possible to
independently verify them.
The drastic rise in the reported death toll came as authorities intensified
their crackdown on the protests, now in their second week. Rights groups were
struggling to reach contacts within Iran due to a complete internet shutdown in
the country, and warned that the death toll was likely to climb even further."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
