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New protests hit Iran as alarm grows over crackdown 'massacre'

New protests hit Iran overnight after two weeks of action © - / UGC/AFP

Paris (France) (AFP) – Iranians took to the streets in new protests against the clerical authorities overnight despite an internet shutdown, as rights groups warned on Sunday that authorities were committing a "massacre" to quell the demonstrations.

The protests, initially sparked by anger over the rising cost of living, have now become a movement against the theocratic regime that has ruled Iran since the 1979 revolution and have already lasted two weeks.

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