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Deadly anti-government protests in Iran enter third week

More than 500 people have been killed in recent anti-government protests in Iran, and more than 10,000 have been arrested, according to a United States-based rights group.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with CNN international correspondent Nada Bashir about why the protests have become so widespread and what foreign intervention in Iran may look like.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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