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Death Toll in Iran Protests Rises to More Than 500, Rights Group Says

DUBAI/JERUSALEM — Unrest in Iran has killed more than 500 people, a rights group said on Sunday, as Tehran threatened to target U.S. militar...
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Death Toll in Iran Protests Rises to More Than 500, Rights Group Says

DUBAI/JERUSALEM — Unrest in Iran has killed more than 500 people, a rights group said on Sunday, as Tehran threatened to target U.S. militar...
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2026. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via Reuters)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with journalists to comment on new U.S. sanctions targeting two major Russia's oil producers, as well as other international issues, in Moscow, Russia, October 23, 2025. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS

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