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Death penalty threat as Iran's supreme leader says protesters 'ruining' country to please Trump
Iran's supreme leader has warned of a crackdown on protesters, with a prosecutor in Tehran saying some could face the death penalty.
It comes as US President Donald Trump said "we will get involved" if the government "starts killing people". Demonstrations in the capital, sparked by a struggling economy, have spread to other cities, increasing pressure on the country's leadership.
Iran was largely cut off from the outside world on Friday after authorities imposed a nationwide internet blackout, with state media blaming the protests on "terrorist agents" from the US and Israel. The death toll from the violence around the latest demonstrations has reached at least 62, with more than 2,300 other people detained, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency.
As it happened: Tehran makes death penalty threat In the wake of spreading demonstrations, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused protesters of acting on behalf of President Trump. He said in a brief address that "vandals and rioters" were "ruining their own streets to make the president of another country happy.
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