Protests against economic conditions and corruption in Iran carried into a fifth day yesterday, with the violence escalating as protesters attacked police stations, according to Reuters. Around 13 people were reported dead “in the worst wave of unrest since crowds took to the streets in 2009 to condemn the re-election of then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.” President Hassan Rouhani has called for calm. US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unsurprisingly came out in support of the anti-government protests.

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