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Two more protesters have been killed after a fourth night of antigovernment demonstrations in Iran as the authorities attempted to quell the unrest with strong warnings and by blocking popular social-media applications and disrupting some Internet services.

The semiofficial ILNA news agency quoted Hedayat Allah Khademi, a local member of parliament, as saying on January 1 that the two were shot dead during antigovernment protests at night on December 31.

Actions on the streets of Tehran and other cities, including Sanandaj, Mashhad, Ilam, Khoramdareh, and Kermanshah, have marked the biggest challenge to the authorities since violent demonstrations erupted after a disputed election handed Mahmud Ahmadinejad a second presidential term in 2009.

The United States has condemned the arrest of protesters, with Trump cheering on the protesters via Twitter.

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