Mass protests, a deepening economic crisis and a tense military standoff with the US have strained  Iranian  officials' hold on the Islamic Republic in recent weeks. As clashes between demonstrators and security forces grew deadly in early January , authorities imposed a sweeping communications blackout , making real-time verification of events and reported deaths nearly impossible. While the unrest has since subsided and the blockade was partially lifted, the true scale of the violence and the

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