Iranian mourning ceremonies prompt new crackdowns in echo of 1979 revolution

Iranians have returned to the streets this week to mourn those killed by security forces during last month’s anti-government demonstrations, sparking some new crackdowns in an echo of the 1979 Islamic Revolution that brought down the U.S.-backed Shah. The anti-Shah revolutionaries turned Shi’ite Muslim memorial processions 40 days after each death into new protests, which […]