The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said on Sunday that most of the victims were killed by live ammunition or pellet gunfire, predominantly from close range.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protests in Iran sparked by economic woes have spread nationwide across the Islamic Republic, activists said Thursday, signaling both their staying power and intensity as they challenge the country’s theocracy.

Activists say the death toll in the crackdown on nationwide protests in Iran spiked Sunday to at least 538 people. The U.S.

President Donald Trump has arrived at a delicate moment as he weighs whether to order a U.S. military response against the Iranian government over its crackdown on protests

Effective immediately, any Country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a Tariff of 25% on any and all business being done with the United States of America,” Trump posted on Truth Social Monday night.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said any country that does business with Iran will face a 25% tariff on trade with the U.S., as Tehran grapples with its most substantial anti-government protests in years.