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• Judiciary orders no leniency against ‘rioters’ amid unrest

• Trump vows Tehran will ‘get hit very hard’ if it kills more citizens

• 12 dead as protests expand to 45 cities; intelligence officers seize weapons cache

PARIS: Iran refused on Monday to offer “rioters” leniency while defending citizens’ right to demonstrate, a defiant stance taken after US President Donald Trump warned Tehran would “get hit very hard” if authorities killed more demonstrators amid deadly unrest.