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Protests entered a decisive phase on the fifth day with the confirmed killing of at least three demonstrators: Dariush Ansari Bakhtiarvand in Fooladshahr, Amir-Hessam Khodayarifard in Kuhdasht, and Shayan Asadollahi in Azna. Reports also emerged of at least four other deaths in clashes elsewhere, marking a sharp escalation in the state’s crackdown.

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