Prayer leader in Iran calls for executions over protests
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Key Points:
- Iran has suppressed recent protests that began over economic issues and evolved into anti-theocracy demonstrations, with a reported death toll of at least 2,797 according to a U.S.-based human rights group.
- Hard-line cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami called for the death penalty for detained protesters and issued threats against U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reflecting the regime's anger.
- Despite the crackdown, internet blackouts continue and some protesters have fled Iran to communicate with the outside world, while Kurdish separatists in Iraq have launched attacks on Iran's Revolutionary Guard in response to the crackdown.
- Iranian exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi urged the U.S. to intervene, expressing
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