Demonstrations that began as outrage over the economy are facing a brutal crackdown as President Trump weighs military action.

Iran's internet blockade fails to stop protest footage leaks via Starlink as authorities reportedly kill at least 646 demonstrators in ongoing crackdown.

A source inside Iran who was able to call out told CBS News on Tuesday that activist groups working to compile a full death toll from the protests, based on reports from medical officials across the country, believed the toll was at least 12,000, and possibly as high as 20,000.

Many of the clashes between agents and protesters are taking place just blocks from where an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Good last week.

A demonstrator was hit in the face with a projectile fired by a federal officer at close range during a protest in Southern California

Iran has deployed new techniques to swiftly and decisively crush nationwide protests, signaling a tactical shift by a regime that now views domestic dissent as an extension of the summer war with Israel.

Iranian protests that began Dec. 28 saw security forces shift to live ammunition by January 8, with over 3,000 deaths estimated nationwide.

Los Angeles police responded after somebody drove a U-Haul box truck down a street crowded with marchers demonstrating in support of the Iranian people.