Iran unrest: Ayatollah regime cracks down on protesters, dozens reported killed during internet blackout

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• The group noted that at least seven of the protesters killed were under the age of 18.
• The group also reported that at least 2,638 people had been arrested while conducting demonstrations across the country. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD“Based on aggregated data up to the end of the fourteenth day, 574 protest locations have been identified in 185 cities across all 31 provinces of the country,” the group said in a statement on Saturday.
• The number of locations is cumulative, starting from the date the protests began on December 28. More from World US & allies carry out another 'large-scale' strike on Islamic State targets in Syria Maduro's supporters stage modest protest as Venezuelan govt courts US after regime's fall“Examination of the causes of death shows that most victims were killed by live ammunition or pellet gunfire, predominantly from close range,” the HRANA news release said.
• Meanwhile, an eyewitness told CNN earlier that the Iranian authorities had hit one of her in-laws with pellets at a protest on Friday. Internet blackout persistsThe internet blackout, which started on Thursday evening, continued to persist in Iran, and the clashes between the protesters and the Iranian authorities escalated.
• Authorities cut internet access and telephone lines immediately after Thursday’s protests in the capital, Tehran, and other major cities began. However, the blackout still did not immediately prevent the posting and sharing of videos from the country.