Iranian law enforcement officers have detained more than 100 people accused of taking part in mass riots and using weapons against civilians and police officers, head of the Baharestan district in southwestern Tehran province Murad Moradi Karnachi said.
Iran's National security council chief Ali Larijani said that "we are in the middle of a war", with "these incidents being directed from outside".
Fierce clashes have continued between security forces and protesters overnight in Tehran and other cities.
Iranian authorities have already promised to severely punish the instigators and organizers of the unrest
Iran's neighbors are gradually suspending air traffic with the Islamic Republic amid growing instability in the country
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei expressed confidence that anti-government protesters are acting with foreign funding.
According to The New York Times, this is due to the inability of civilian authorities to establish contact with protest leaders
Two people were killed and 30 others injured when protesters opened fire on security forces in the city of Lordegan, Iran.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may escape Iran, The Times reported citing an intelligence report.
Speaker of Iran’s Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat that the U.S. would come to the aid of protesters in the country facing violence, warning that the Islamic Republic could retaliate against American bases and troops in the region.
The U.S. interference in Iran’s internal affairs is tantamount to destabilizing the entire Middle East and will lead to the crushing of Washington’s interests in the region, Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani said in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to support protesters in the country.
Iranian media reports increase in violence during protest gatherings that began late last year following the devaluation of the rial. Such incidents have been recorded in a number of cities across the country.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said that the United States is ready to come to the rescue of peaceful protesters in Iran, "if the practice of killing them continues".
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