Hundreds of thousands join Iran protests around the world
Munich, Los Angeles, and Toronto saw the largest crowds, with smaller rallies also taking place in Tel Aviv and Libson.
Munich, Los Angeles, and Toronto saw the largest crowds, with smaller rallies also taking place in Tel Aviv and Libson.
Shayan Sardarizadeh, Richard Irvine-Brown,BBC Verify, Ghoncheh Habibiazadand Sarah Namjoo,BBC Persian Watch: Protesters and security forces clash in Iran protests Iran has warned it will retaliate if attacked by the US, as BBC sources and activists report hundreds of protesters have now been killed in an escalating government crackdown. “Things here are very, very bad,” a…
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More than 240 members of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, gang, were sentenced to hundreds of years in prison in El Salvador. In a post on social media, the Central American country’s attorney general’s office said that 248 members of the gang had received “exemplary sentences” for 42 homicides and 42 disappearances, among other…
The European Union is expected to indefinitely freeze hundreds of billions of Russian funds held in Europe in line with a plan to use the cash to support Ukraine. The bloc’s members were expected to approve the plan on Friday to immobilise 210 billion euros ($246bn) worth of Russian sovereign assets for as long as…
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