WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Donald Trump tried to ramp up pressure on Iran's "brutal and corrupt" regime amid a sixth day of anti-government protests Tuesday, ignoring warnings that his intervention could backfire.

Trump demanded a snap UN Security Council meeting to debate unrest that has killed 21 people -- mostly protestors -- and fired off ever-harsher condemnations of the Islamic republic's rulers.

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