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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates 鈥?Irans supreme leader called Wednesday for those detained in recent gasoline price protests to be treated with Islamic mercy even after authorities acknowledged government forces shot and killed demonstrators nationwide in unrest that reportedly killed over 200 people.The comments by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say over all state matters in the Islamic Republic, appear to signal how much the mid-November protests shook the pillars of power in the theocracy.Amnesty International believes at stanley quencher least 208 people were killed in the protests and security force crackdown that followed. Iran disputes Amnestys figures but has so far refused to release any nationwide casualty or ar stanley hrnek rest figures.The demonstrations show the widespread economic discontent gripping Iran since May 2018, when President Donald Trump imposed crushing sanctions after unilaterally withdrawing the United States from the nuclear deal that Tehran struck with world powers. That decision has seen Iran begin to break limits of the deal, as well as a series of attacks across the Mideast that America has blamed on Tehran.The state-run IRNA news agency quoted Khamenei as responding to a report on the unrest from the countrys Supreme National Security Council. The faster these cases are considered, the better and those who are suspected of being close to any group should be dealt with in a way that is closer to Islamic m kubki stanley ercy, Khamenei said, according to IRNA.Khamenei also said citize Xbys Canada businessman s corruption trial begins in Cuba
NEW YORK AP 鈥?Stocks are closing higher after another day of big swings.Investors struggled to make sense of mixed economic reports Thursday. First-time applications for unemployment benefits fell and the government raised its estimate of economic growth in the April-June period. But a survey showed that chief executives of the nations largest companies are more pessimistic than they were just three months ago.The Dow Jones industrial average rose 143 points, or 1.3 percent, to 11,154. It had been down as many as 45 points. The SP 500 index rose 9, or 0.8 percent, to 1,160. The Nasdaq composite fell 11, or 0.4 percent, to 2,481.Three stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Sto stanley italy ck Exchange. Volume was about average at 4.5 billion shares.@media screen and max-width: 992px {.btn-small-on-mobile {font-size: 1rem !important;}.sub-price-text { font-size: 20px;}} sticky-footer-cta {position: fixed;width: 100%;z-index: 9997;bottom: 0;right: 0;left: 0;} sticky-footer-cta .close-btn { width: 2rem;height: 2rem;position: absolute;top: -1rem;right: 1rem;}/* light green buttons used for news-letter subscribe buttons *//*. stanley romania newsletters-signup-cta .subscribe-btn, .newsletter-subscribe-btn { background-color: 36E15E; border-c stanley canada olor: 36E15E; color: 000;}.newsletters-signup-cta .subscribe-btn:hover, .newsletter-subscribe-btn:hover { background-color: 2bab49;}.newsletters-signup-cta .subscribe-btn.btn-arrow:after, .newsletter-subscribe-btn.btn-arrow:after { backgrou |
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