The death toll from protests in Iran has reached 2,571 people, the US-based HRANA rights group said on Wednesday, as the Islamic Republic’s clerical rulers face the biggest wave of dissent in years. For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.US President Donald Trump urged Iranians on Tuesday to keep protesting, promising help is on the way. Iranian officials, however, have accused US and Israel of fueling violence in the country and blamed the deaths on “terrorist operatives” receiving foreign guidance to instigate. The group said it had so far verified the deaths of 2,403 protesters, 147 government-affiliated individuals, 12 people aged under 18 and nine non-protester civilians. An Iranian official said on Tuesday about 2,000 people had been killed, the first time authorities have given an overall death toll from more than two weeks of nationwide unrest. Asked what he meant by “help is on its way,” Trump