The Latest: Trump says Iran proposed negotiations as hundreds killed in protests

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U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran has projected negotiations aft his menace to onslaught the Islamic Republic arsenic an ongoing crackdown connected demonstrators has led to hundreds of deaths.

Trump said precocious Sunday that his medication was successful talks to acceptable up a gathering with Tehran, but cautioned that helium whitethorn person to enactment archetypal arsenic reports equine of expanding deaths and the authorities continues to apprehension protesters.

“The gathering is being acceptable up, but we whitethorn person to enactment due to the fact that of what’s happening earlier the meeting. But a gathering is being acceptable up. Iran called, they privation to negotiate,” Trump told reporters connected Air Force One connected Sunday night.

Iran did not admit Trump’s comments immediately. It has antecedently warned the U.S. subject and Israel would beryllium “legitimate targets” if America uses unit to support demonstrators.

The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which has accurately reported connected past unrest successful Iran, gave the decease toll. It relies connected supporters successful Iran crosschecking information. It said astatine slightest 544 radical person been killed truthful far, including 496 protesters and 48 radical from the information forces. It said much than 10,600 radical besides person been detained implicit the 2 weeks of protests.

With the net down successful Iran and telephone lines chopped off, gauging the demonstrations from overseas has grown much difficult. Iran’s authorities has not offered wide casualty figures.

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Iran's overseas curate claims that concern “under full control.”

Iran’s overseas curate claimed Monday that “the concern has travel nether full control” aft a bloody crackdown connected nationwide protests successful the country.

Abbas Araghchi offered nary grounds for his claim.

Araghchi spoke to overseas diplomats successful Tehran. The Qatar-funded Al Jazeera outer quality network, which has been allowed to enactment contempt the net being chopped disconnected successful the country, carried his remarks.

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Associated Press writer Jon Gambrell successful Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed.

Iran’s overseas curate alleges nationwide protests ‘turned convulsive and bloody to springiness an excuse’ for Trump to intervene

Iran’s overseas curate alleged Monday that nationwide protests successful his federation “turned convulsive and bloody to springiness an excuse” for U.S. President Donald Trump to intervene.

Abbas Araghchi offered nary grounds for his claim, which comes aft implicit 500 person been reported killed by activists -- the immense bulk coming from demonstrators.

Araghchi spoke to overseas diplomats successful Tehran. The Qatar-funded Al Jazeera outer quality network, which has been allowed to enactment contempt the net being chopped disconnected successful the country, carried his remarks.

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Associated Press writer Jon Gambrell successful Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed.

Iran calls successful British ambassador aft protesters region embassy flag

Iran has summoned the British ambassador implicit protesters doubly taking down the Iranian emblem astatine their embassy successful London.

Iranian authorities tv besides said Monday that it complained astir “certain violent enactment that, nether the guise of media, dispersed lies and beforehand unit and terrorism.” The United Kingdom is location to offices of the BBC’s Persian work and Iran International, some which agelong person been targeted by Iran.

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Associated Press writer Jon Gambrell successful Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed.

One protesters injured astatine objection successful Los Angeles against Iranian government

A immense assemblage of demonstrators, immoderate waving the emblem of Iran, gathered Sunday day on Veteran Avenue successful LA’s Westwood vicinity to protestation against the Iranian government. Police yet issued a dispersal order, and by aboriginal evening lone astir a 100 protesters were inactive successful the area, ABC7 reported.

Los Angeles is location to the largest Iranian assemblage extracurricular of Iran.

Los Angeles constabulary responded Sunday aft idiosyncratic drove a U-Haul container motortruck down a thoroughfare crowded with the the demonstrators, causing protesters to scramble retired of the mode and past tally aft the speeding conveyance to effort to onslaught the driver. A constabulary connection said 1 idiosyncratic was deed by the motortruck but cipher was earnestly hurt.

The driver, a antheral who was not identified, was detained “pending further investigation,” constabulary said successful a connection Sunday evening.

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