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Protesters upset at their government's initial denial that it shot down a Ukrainian jetliner were met with tear gas and live ammunition.

A stampede at a funeral for a top Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike has killed 40 people and injured 213 others.

The report Wednesday comes after authorities acknowledged security forces shot and killed demonstrators nationwide.

Rouhani, still viewed inside Iran as a relatively moderate cleric in the Shiite theocracy, has taken an increasingly hard-line tone in his remarks to the West.

Iran acknowledged Monday it had broken the limit set on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by the 2015 nuclear deal.

Tehran announced it was breaking with an accord that keeps it from making nuclear weapons. The Trump administration ordered 1,000 more troops to the Mid-East.

He joined the U.S. in accusing Iran of executing attacks on two oil tankers traveling near the Strait of Hormuz, a vital trade route for Arabian energy exports.

John Bolton's comments are the latest amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran that have been playing out in the Middle East.

As questions mount over President Donald Trump's tough talk on Iran, top national security officials are heading to Capitol Hill to brief Congress.

Trump's words follow days of tension sparked by his administration's deployment of bombers and an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf over unspecified threats.