US EditionIran Security Force Member Killed As Protests Spread
Protests over inflation and a 52% annual price increase have spread nationwide, causing clashes that left one Basij paramilitary member dead and 13 security personnel injured.
- On Wednesday, state television reported a 21-year-old member of the Basij from Kouhdasht was killed defending public order, Said Pourali said 13 police and Basij members were wounded.
- The protests began in Tehran when Tehran bazaar shopkeepers struck over the cost of living and economic stagnation, spreading as students at at least 10 universities joined by Tuesday amid 42.5% inflation in December and the rial quoted near 1.38 million per US dollar.
- Footage from several cities captured water cannon and gunfire, with BBC and Iran International verifying arrests of four individuals and injuries to three police in Fasa at the governor's office gate.
- Authorities declared last-minute public and bank holidays and appointed Abdolnaser Hemmati as central bank head after Mohammad Reza Farzin resigned Monday, amid warnings of a 'decisive response' by the prosecutor general.
- The unrest now ranks as the largest unrest in three years, with central bank changes as political signal and prolonged protests risking oil and shipping volatility on energy routes.
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In response to a warning from President Trump, Iran has cautioned against potential U.S. intervention in the ongoing protests in the country.
Part of a protest against expensive life, the mobilization born in the heart of Tehran's bazaar, the economic and historical pillar of power, spreads to students and provincial cities, while deadly clashes mark a turning point.
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Senior Iranian officials on Friday warned that any US interference in the country’s ongoing protests would destabilise the region, responding sharply to US President Donald Trump’s threat to act if peaceful demonstrators are killed. The exchange has further heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran amid deadly unrest across Iran.
The Islamic Republic has suffered for years from rampant price increases in basic goods and a chronic devaluation of its currency. The protests began on Sunday in Tehran.
Iran tells US "watch your soldiers" after Trump military threat
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Fatalities reported in protests around Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Widening demonstrations sparked by Iran's ailing economy spread Thursday into the Islamic Republic's rural provinces, with at least seven people killed, authorities said — the first fatalities reported among security forces and protesters.
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