THE LATEST | CANADAWashington Post: Protests in Iran continued through Saturday despite threats from the country’s supreme leader that he would expand the government’s crackdown on demonstrators.
Though details remain scarce due to a severe communications blackout, videos shared by Persian-language news outlets based abroad, including BBC Persian and Radio Farda, on Friday and Saturdayshowed huge crowds in cities including Tehran, Mashhad and Yazd, chanting for an end to the Islamic Republic and praising Iran’s deposed monarchy. Some videos from Tehran showed buildings set on fire…
CNN: Several people who protested in Iran in recent days have told CNN of enormous crowds as well as brutal violence on the streets of Tehran, with one woman saying she saw “bodies piled up on each other” in a hospital…
BBC: Staff at three hospitals in Iran have told the BBC their facilities are overwhelmed with dead or injured patients, as major anti-government protests continue…
The Globe and Mail: Iranian state TV is reporting on security force casualties while portraying control over the nation, without discussing dead demonstrators, whom it increasingly refers to as “terrorists.”…
New York Times: President Trump has been briefed in recent days on new options for military strikes in Iran as he considers following through on his threat to attack the country for cracking down on protesters, according to multiple U.S. officials familiar with the matter…
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