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Trump Administration: Iran Murdered Up To 1,000 Citizens During Protest Crackdown

Eric Quintanar
Trump Administration: Iran Murdered Up To 1,000 Citizens During Protest Crackdown
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The Trump administration has accused Iran of murdering as many as one thousand of its own citizens, including “at least a dozen children,” following a surge of protests that spawned after the government increased the price of gasoline.  

At a press conference on Thursday, Brian Hook, the U.S. special representative for Iran, revealed that the State Department had reached the estimate after reviewing evidence sent from Iranian citizens, as well as evidence provided by U.S. intelligence services, reports the Associated Press.  

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