Rights groups say at least 2500 people have been arrested in Iran protests

Protesters in Iran took to the streets defying a deadly government crackdown on Saturday night, despite reports suggesting that hundreds of people have been killed with others being wounded by security forces in the past three days. The protesters ventured out despite a warning by the country's attorney general who said that anyone protesting would be considered an "enemy of God" - an offence that carries the death penalty. Although an internet blackout made it difficult to assess the full extent of unrest, After nightfall on Saturday, videos posted online showed fresh protests in a number of neighborhoods in the capital Tehran and several cities. Protests have spread across Iran since December 28, beginning in response to soaring inflation but also morphed into demands for an end to clerical rule of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. According to a human rights group more than 2500 people have been arrested.