At least 200 students are believed to have been killed in the protests. One month after Iran was rocked by the beginning of the deadliest crackdown in its modern history, the full toll of the regime's response to nationwide protests is still coming into focus.

Any discussion of the Iranian regime -- whether diplomatic, strategic, or military -- usually begins with its external threats: nuclear enrichment, missile development, regional proxies and the danger these pose to Israel, U.

The scale of nationwide protests in Iran and the bloody crackdown that has followed is slowly coming into focus, even though authorities have cut off the country from the internet DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The bloodiest crackdown on dissent since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution is slowly coming into focus, despite authorities cutting off the Islamic Republic from the internet and much of the wider world.