The death toll has grown to at least 65 people, with more than 2,300 others detained, according to a U.S.-based human rights organization.

For several nights in a row, antigovernment protests have rocked Iran, as a government crackdown intensifies. This weekend, protesters around the world showed their solidarity for the people of Iran and demanded world leaders take action.

Protests sweeping across Iran reached the two-week mark early Sunday, with the country’s government acknowledging the ongoing demonstrations despite an intensifying crackdown and as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world.

Anti-government protests are escalating in Iran amid threats of a crackdown by the nation’s supreme religious leader.

Protests challenging Iran's theocracy have reached the two-week mark, with demonstrators flooding the streets in Tehran and Mashhad

A crackdown on nationwide protests in Iran has killed at least 544 people and even more are feared dead, activists said Sunday, while Tehran warned that the U.S. military and Israel would be “legitimate targets” if America uses force to protect demonstrators.

At least 45 people have been killed in anti-regime protests in Iran since December, according to an Iran Human Rights NGO, as the country’s near-total internet blackout enters its second day. CNN’s Paula Hancocks reports.

People around the world rallied over the weekend in support of the mass protests in Iran. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.