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Russia urges US not to interfere in Iran's 'domestic affairs' Russia urges US not to interfere in Iran's 'domestic affairs'
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Russia has urged the United States not to interfere in what Moscow calls Iran's "domestic affairs", the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister has said, according to the TASS news agency. Russia has urged the United States not to interfere in what Moscow calls Iran's "domestic affairs", the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister has said, according to the TASS news agency. 
Donald Trump has pledged "great support" for Iranian protesters, who have been staging rallies across Iran over the past week against the country's clerical leadership.Donald Trump has pledged "great support" for Iranian protesters, who have been staging rallies across Iran over the past week against the country's clerical leadership.
"Such respect for the people of Iran as they try to take back their corrupt government," the US President tweeted. "You will see great support from the United States at the appropriate time!""Such respect for the people of Iran as they try to take back their corrupt government," the US President tweeted. "You will see great support from the United States at the appropriate time!"
Breaking news At least 21 people were killed in the demonstrations, which were the largest to strike Iran since its disputed 2009 presidential election.
It wasn't immediately clear if the drop in reports of new demonstrations meant the protests are subsiding or whether the authorities' blocking of social media apps had stopped protesters from offering new images of rallies. 
Iran's army chief said police forces had already quelled anti-government unrest, but his troops were ready to intervene if needed as thousands took to the streets in support of the government in new state-sponsored rallies. 
"Although this blind sedition was so small that a portion of the police force was able to nip it in the bud... you can rest assured that your comrades in the Islamic Republic's army would be ready to confront the dupes of the Great Satan [United States]," official media quoted Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi as saying.
Following six days of demonstrations, the elite Revolutionary Guards Corps said on Wednesday it had deployed forces to quell unrest in three provinces where most of the trouble had occurred, in the clearest sign authorities were taking the protests seriously.
The Revolutionary Guards, the sword and shield of Iran's Shia theocracy, were instrumental in suppressing an uprising over alleged election fraud in 2009 in which dozens were killed.
In a letter to United Nations officials, the Iranian Ambassador, Gholamali Khoshroo, complained Washington was intervening "in a grotesque way in Iran's internal affairs."
He said Mr Trump and his Vice President, Mike Pence, were personally stirring up trouble. 
"The President and Vice-President of the United States, in their numerous absurd tweets, incited Iranians to engage in disruptive acts," the ambassador wrote to the president of the UN Security Council and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. 
Mr Trump's UN envoy, Nikki Haley, has called for an emergency Security Council meeting on Iran, saying the UN needed to speak out in support of the protesters. A meeting is yet to be scheduled.