http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...n-protests-says-us-watching-very-closely.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...clash-police-tehran-protests-enter-third-day/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42529576
President Trump seized upon the anti-government protests in Iran, tweeting Sunday that Iranians are tired of their money being “squandered on terrorism” and that the U.S. is “watching very closely” for human rights violations.
Trump’s tweet was the fourth this weekend on the protests that began midweek and have escalated with two reported deaths late Saturday evening.
“Big protests in Iran,” Trump tweeted Sunday. “The people are finally getting wise as to how their money and wealth is being stolen and squandered on terrorism. Looks like they will not take it any longer. The USA is watching very closely for human rights violations!”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...clash-police-tehran-protests-enter-third-day/
wo people are understood to have been killed after Iranian security forces reportedly opened fire on anti-government demonstrators on Saturday as the largest protests seen in the country since 2009 continued for a third day.
Reports of the two deaths were were posted on social media. There was no official confirmation of the fatalities but the posted images appeared to show several bodies being carried away after clashes with police in the western city in Dorud
Angry protests escalated in cities across Iran as demonstrators tore down posters of Ayatollah Khamenei, the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader, while police on motorbikes charged into crowds swinging batons.
Protesters reportedly stormed the governor’s compound in the western city of Arak and started fires at government offices in Ahvaz, a city in the country’s southwest.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42529576
Iran has moved to restrict social media networks that have been used to organise three days of anti-establishment protests.
The restrictions on messaging app Telegram and photo sharing app Instagram are "temporary", state news agency Irib reported.
The decision was taken "to maintain tranquillity and security of society", a source was quoted as saying.
The protests have been the biggest show of dissent since huge rallies in 2009.
They began in the north-east as an outcry against economic hardship and rising prices, but turned political in many places, with slogans chanted against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Hassan Rouhani and Iran's interventionist foreign policy in the region.
After violence flared in many places on Saturday, there was little sign of further demonstrations on Sunday.