Iran intensified its crackdown, arresting scores of people and stepping up its warnings to protesters, as the Islamic republic battled to contain the most serious threat to the regime in years.
After nationwide unrest escalated this week, the army said on Saturday that it would deploy troops to protect “strategic” infrastructure, and the authorities warned that the courts would deal with those detained “quickly and without leniency”.
Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds arrested since the protests erupted late last month in Tehran over economic grievances and then morphed into anti-regime protests that spread across the country.