'It will probably be a few days before we really understand how bad things are.' Holly Dagres, Atlantic Council tells cathynewman authoritarian regimes like Iran “don't respond to protests, they crack down on them.'
Protestors have fought running battles with police in the Iranian capital Tehran – as demonstrations over the death of a young woman in police custody continued for a seventh day.
Internet access has been severely restricted in a bid to stop the unrest from spreading, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard today called for the judiciary to prosecute those spreading what it calls ‘false news’.
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