Update: Iranian regime kills thousands; Protests continue; US strike very likely.

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People in Iran’s capital shouted from their homes and rallied in the street Thursday night after a call by the country’s exiled crown prince for a mass demonstration, witnesses said, a new escalation in the protests that have spread nationwide across the Islamic Republic. Internet access and telephone lines in Iran cut out immediately after the protests began.

The protest represented the first test of whether the Iranian public could be swayed by Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, whose fatally ill father fled Iran just before the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. Demonstrations have included cries in support of the shah, something that could bring a death sentence in the past but now underlines the anger fueling the protests that began over Iran’s ailing economy.

Thursday saw a continuation of the demonstrations that popped up in cities and rural towns across Iran on Wednesday. More markets and bazaars shut down in support of the protesters. So far, violence around the demonstrations has killed at least 41 people while more than 2,270 others have been detained, said the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency.

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Hard to verify anything at the moment because the country’s communications are cut. Makes on wonder if the Iranian government is breaking and/or fleeing, or the more likely scenario of a massive and forceful crackdown.

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Good link to coverage

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This is the first time that I can recall of the prince of persia getting involved. Feel free to correct me if wrong.

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Protestors have taken control of the city of Mashhad.

Tehran supposedly under control by protestors.

Supreme Leader transferred to desert military base.

President of Iran to meet with protesters.

President of Iran to address country.

Iran deploys army to squash protests.

All non-Iranian airlines cancel flights to Iran.

Iran’s currency collapses

Trump supposedly favoring strike

Reports of 12,000 protesters killed.

President Trump to protesters "Help is on the way."

Russia strongly condemns American interference in Iran.

Israel says that American stike is a matter of when not if.