The regime, in turn, responded with extreme violence. First, as it has done in the past before directing live fire into groups of its own citizens, it disconnected the nation of 90 million from the internet, then cut cell phone, SMS and land lines. Security forces then mounted an onslaught that left “thousands dead”, according to Khamenei, in remarks carried by the state TV Saturday.
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Yoon also gave his final remarks shortly after midnight. In his 90-minute statement, Yoon harangued the prosecutors, saying they remind him “of a pack of wolves blindly chasing after the whistle blown by the Democratic Party”—referring to the now-ruling party led by Yoon’s liberal rival and successor Lee Jae-myung—“and by the dark forces that have long ruled this country.”
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