Protests in Iran Near the 2-Week Mark as Authorities Intensify Crackdown on Demonstrators

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : The protests intensified and grew into calls directly challenging Iran's theocracy.
58% : More weekend demonstrations planned Iran's theocracy cut off the nation from the internet and international telephone calls on Thursday, though it allowed some state-owned and semiofficial media to publish.
43% : The song, aired repeatedly during the 12-day war launched by Israel, honors Iran's 1982 liberation of the city of Khorramshahr during the Iran-Iraq war.
38% : Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, who called for protests Thursday and Friday, asked demonstrators to take to the streets Saturday and Sunday with Iran's old lion-and-sun flag, used during the time of the shah. Pahlavi's support of and from Israel has drawn criticism in the past -- particularly after the 12-day war.

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