Many of the clashes between agents and protesters are taking place just blocks from where an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Good last week.

The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran spiked Tuesday to at least 2,000 people killed, activists said, as Iranians made phone calls abroad for the first time in days after authorities severed communications during a crackdown.

Whether standing their ground or launching criticism at the president, protesers trumpeted resistence in a march and rally outside of the Detroit Economic Club event near downtown.

A source inside Iran who was able to call out told CBS News on Tuesday that activist groups working to compile a full death toll from the protests, based on reports from medical officials across the country, believed the toll was at least 12,000, and possibly as high as 20,000.

Demonstrations that began as outrage over the economy are facing a brutal crackdown as President Trump weighs military action.

Iranian student Rubina Aminian was shot in the head at close range, joining thousands allegedly killed by government forces, according to Iran Human Rights, a Norway-based group.

The Minneapolis shooting has renewed public outrage over the Trump Administration’s aggressive immigration tactics.

Amid a near-total communications blackout, witness footage trickling out of Iran paints a picture of how the country’s largest uprising in decades spread — and turned deadly.

Iranian protests that began Dec. 28 saw security forces shift to live ammunition by January 8, with over 3,000 deaths estimated nationwide.