Iran Protests’ Death Toll Rises to 41 as the Unrest Deepens
- Guard Corps blamed unrest on a ‘conspiracy’ by Iran’s ‘enemy’
- US Treasury imposes new sanctions on ‘morality police’
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The number of people killed in Iranian protests that were sparked by the death of a woman in police custody rose to 41 including demonstrators and police, state TV reported.
The elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement describing the unrest as a “conspiracy” in which protesters had been organized and armed by the “enemy,” usually a reference to the US and Israel. The US imposed new sanctions in response to the government’s actions.