Demonstrators and activists rally in Paris in support of nationwide protests in Iran.
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Iran violence against protesters 'a sign of weakness': Germany's Merz
Iran internet shutdown has now lasted over 84 hours: monitor, reports AFP
'We are ready for war but also for dialogue': Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi
China says opposes foreign 'interference' in Iran, calls for 'peace', reports AFP
Internet Service Will Be Resumed in Coordination with Security Authorities: Araghchi
Iran's foreign minister alleges nationwide protests 'turned violent and bloody to give an excuse' for Trump to intervene, reports AP
Iran's foreign minister claims 'the situation has come under total control' in the nationwide protests, reports AP
Iran in state of 'near paralysis'
AFP reported its journalist describing the scenes of Tehran in a state of near paralysis.
There were fewer videos showing protests on social media Sunday, but it was not clear to what extent that was due to the internet shutdown.
One widely shared video showed protesters again gathering in the Pounak district of Tehran shouting slogans in favour of the ousted monarchy.
The protests have become one of the biggest challenges to the rule of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, coming in the wake of Israel's 12-day war against the Islamic republic in June, which was backed by the United States.
Protesters try to attack driver after truck speeds through anti-Iran demonstration in Los Angeles, reports AP
Los Angeles police responded Sunday after somebody drove a U-Haul box truck down a street crowded with marchers demonstrating in support of the Iranian people, causing protesters to scramble out of the way and then run after the speeding vehicle to try to attack the driver, reports AP
Iran protests LIVE updates: Son of ousted Iran shah urges security forces to 'stand with the people'
Son of Iran's ousted shah urged Iranian government workers and security forces on Sunday to join the swelling protest movement in the Islamic republic reports AFP
"Employees of state institutions, as well as members of the armed and security forces, have a choice: stand with the people and become allies of the nation, or choose complicity with the murderers of the people," Reza Pahlavi posted on social media after a rights group said Iranian authorities were carrying out "mass killing" to suppress the unrest.
Iran protests LIVE updates: This 'oppressor' will be overthrown too: Khamenei posts cartoon of Trump
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei took to X (formerly Twitter) and posted a cartoon depicting US President Donald Trump as a crumbling ancient sarcophagus.
He wrote, "That father figure who sits there with arrogance and pride, passing judgment on the entire world, he too should know that usually the tyrants and oppressors of the world, such as Pharaoh and Nimrod and Reza Khan and Mohammad Reza and the likes of them, when they were at the peak of their pride, were overthrown, This one too will be overthrown."
Iran warns it will retaliate if US attacks, BBC reports
Iran protests LIVE updates: Deaths from Iran protests reach more than 500, rights group says
According to its latest figures - from activists inside and outside Iran - US-based rights group HRANA said it had verified the deaths of 490 protesters and 48 security personnel, with more than 10,600 people arrested in two weeks of unrest.
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Iran protests LIVE updates: Trump says he and US military weighing 'strong options' on Iran
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is weighing a range of responses to escalating unrest in Iran, including possible military options, as massive protests continue to roil the country.
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