US EditionIran Security Force Member Killed As Protests Spread
Protests over inflation and currency collapse spread beyond Tehran to multiple provinces, with at least six deaths including a Basij volunteer, officials and rights groups said.
- 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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One trader after another let down the shutters: what began in Tehran as a local protest by mobile phone shop operators against inflation now reaches large parts of society.
The growing protests caused by Iran's fragile economy spread on Thursday to the rural provinces of the Islamic Republic, with at least six people killed in the first fatalities reported between security forces and protesters, authorities reported.The deaths could mark the beginning of a stronger response by the Iranian theocracy to protests, which have declined in the capital, Tehran, but have spread elsewhere.The fatalities, one on Wednesday an…
First Deaths Are Reported as Protests Grow Outside Tehran
Widening demonstrations sparked by Iran's ailing economy spread Thursday into the Islamic Republic's rural provinces, with at least six people being killed in the first fatalities reported among security forces and protesters, authorities said. The deaths may mark the start of a heavier-handed response by Iran's theocracy to the demonstrations,...
In recent days, major protests have erupted in several cities in Iran.
Continuing clashes between protesters and security forces in Iran have claimed the first casualties, with at least six people killed, according to news agencies. The country has been hit by its biggest protests in three years over soaring inflation, which have turned violent in several regions.
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