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In this programme, more than 2,400 reported killed after crackdown on protests in Iran.
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And I'm Pippa.
In this program we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.
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So let's hear more about this story.
More than 2,400 people are reported to have been killed after a crackdown
on anti-government protests in Iran, according to a US-backed rights group.
Crackdown means dealing with a situation in a more severe or harsh way.
People have been protesting for weeks about rising prices and government policies.
In response to the crackdown, US President Donald Trump says countries doing business
with Iran will face a 25% tariff on trade with the US.
Trump has also been considering other actions against the Iranian government,
telling Iranian protesters, help is on the way.
Let's have our first headline about the reported deaths in Iran.
This is from Sky News.
Sky hears harrowing details of the killing of a teenage Iranian protester.
And that headline again from Sky News, a British broadcaster,