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31/12/2017 GMT

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Warn Protesters

BBC World Service - Newshour, Iran's Revolutionary Guards Warn Protesters

Protesters face the nation's "iron fist" if demonstrations don't end, the IRGC says

Protesters face the nation's "iron fist" if demonstrations don't end, the IRGC says.

Protesters in Iran will face the nation's "iron fist" if political demonstrations calling for the removal of the country's supreme leader do not end, a Revolutionary Guards commander has said. How much influence does the alternative security force have in Iran?

Also in the programme: the Indian priest who was held hostage by Islamist militants in Yemen for 18 months; and what will 2018 bring for Brexit negotiations?

(Image: Iranian students clash with riot police during an anti-government protest around the University of Tehran on 30 December 2017. Credit: EPA/STR)

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