Riot police and security forces clashed with demonstrators in Tehran and dozens ...
DUBAI - Riot police and security forces clashed with demonstrators in Tehran and dozens of cities across Iran on Saturday, Iranian news agencies and social media said, as protests against a rise in gasoline prices turned political.
State television said police clashed with what it called rioters in some cities and fired teargas to disperse them. Videos posted on social media from inside Iran showed protesters setting fire to buildings and clashing with riot police. In other videos protesters blocked roads and set fires in the streets in Tehran and some other cities. Some chanted slogans against top officials.“People are very angry here in Shiraz . I heard gun shots. Hundreds of people are in the streets. They burned a police car this morning,” a witness, who asked not to be named, told Reuters by telephone.
State-run TV accused “hostile media” of trying to exaggerate the size of demonstrations by “using fake news and videos on social media”. People’s struggle to make ends meet has worsened since last year, when the United States pulled out of Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with six powers and reimposed sanctions on the country.
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