Iran says it will sue US, alleging 'direct involvement' in protests

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Tehran also warned the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia would "not be ignored by the Islamic Republic's judiciary system" for their role in hosting and supporting TV networks such as BBC Persian and Iran International -- which it claimed had urged protesters "to destroy public and private properties."The state news agency IRNA reported on Saturday that the Justice Department "has been tasked to file a lawsuit in order to investigate the damages and meddling inflicted by the US's direct involvement in the unrest."Video shared with CNN by pro-reform activist outlet IranWire, show Sanandaj, the capital of the Kurdish region, eerily quiet at the beginning of the work week as stores remain shuttered.The Norway-based Iranian rights group Hengaw said shopkeepers were also on strike in Bukan, Sanandaj and Marivan, though CNN can't independently verify these reports.An eyewitness told CNN that young girls from local schools who joined in the protests calling for "freedom" and "death to the dictator" were rounded up by police moments later and loaded into black vans."

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