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protestMEDIUM2026-04-21 11:23 UTC

Lights out, then gunfire: Witnesses recount Mashhad protest crackdown

Lights out, then gunfire: Witnesses recount Mashhad protest crackdown

A 32-year-old protester in Mashhad, northeastern Iran, stood in the street as the lights flickered out and the mobile network went dead, believing he had only a one-in-five chance of making it out alive.

ORIGINAL SOURCE →via Iran International
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