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Tehran arrests 139 foreigners in central Iran during deadly country-wide protests

Iranian authorities arrested 139 foreign nationals in Yazd during anti-government protests. As many as 30,000 people are feared to have been killed during weeks-long demonstrations.

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00:01Iranian authorities arrested 139 foreign nationals in the central city of Yazd during recent anti-government protests, state-run media reported.
00:12The police chief in Yazd said those detained were involved in organizing, inciting and directing riotous actions.
00:20He also claimed some were in contact with networks outside the country.
00:25The nationalities of those arrested were not disclosed.
00:28Protests against the rising cost of living erupted in Iran on the 28th of December.
00:34They then spread into nationwide anti-government and violent regime crackdown.
00:40The Tehran regime acknowledged in January that more than 3,000 deaths occurred during the unrest,
00:46but human rights groups fear that as many as 30,000 people have been killed.
00:51International pressure has mounted on Tehran over its response to the demonstrations,
00:56with several countries imposing sanctions on Iranian officials.
01:01Iran's foreign minister is expected to meet U.S. special representatives Steve Witkoff
01:06and Jared Kushner in Istanbul on Friday, according to President Masoud Pesestian.
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