Demonstrators march in Minneapolis; Iran’s army vows to protect property, and more

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  Iran's army swore it would protect public property in the face of ballooning anti-establishment protests throughout the country.

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  Earlier,

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  Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused protesters of appeasing Donald Trump

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  while Mr Trump warned Iran's leaders not to start shooting or will start shooting too.

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  Rights groups estimate that authorities have killed at least three dozen people

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  since protests began on December 28th.

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  Thousands of people protested in Minneapolis after an immigration officer killed a woman in her car on Wednesday.

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  The Trump administration has excluded state investigators from the case.

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  and cast the victim Renee Nicole Good as a left-wing terrorist.

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  Footage of the incident showed the officer insulting Miss Good after he had shot her.

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