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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Iran: At least five dead after security services open fire at anti-government protest, activists say

Stock image: A woman uses red paint on an Iranian flag at a protest in Chile

(Picture: REUTERS)

Iranian security services unleashed heavy gunfire during an anti-government protest on Monday, killing at least five people, activists said.

The protest is said to have broken out in Javanrud - a Kurdish town in the country’s west - at the funeral of two people who were killed on Sunday.

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