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In Iran, thousands are feared to have been killed by government forces.
With the partial restoration of phone services,
Iranians have been describing violent crackdowns on anti-democracy protests in their initial calls abroad.
The French far-right politician Marine Le Pen has begun her appeal against a two-year prison sentence and a ban on standing for public office.
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Let's begin in Iran where a total communications blackout appears to be lifting,
telling us more about the unprecedented anti-government street protests that led to a deadly crackdown by the authorities.
Some people inside Iran are now making phone contact with people outside the country and that's helping us to fill in the picture on what's been happening
since the internet was shut down several days ago.
This Iranian woman in London had a brief telephone conversation with a relative.
A family member called me around sort of half ten.