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Iranian pro-government supporters march during the funeral of a young member of the Revolutionary Guards, Sajjad Shahsanai, in the city of Najafabad, west of Isfahan, on Wednesday

Fresh pro-government rallies are held to counter mass protests which have swept across Iran.

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