“Mass protests in Iran due to the economic crisis: 6 people died, dozens were injured.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: agency Reuters
Literally: “Several people have been killed in unrest in Iran, Iranian media and rights groups said Thursday, as the Islamic Republic’s biggest protests in three years over worsening economic conditions fueled violence in several provinces.”
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Details: As Reuters writes with reference to the Fars news agency, three protesters were killed and 17 were injured during an attack on a police station in Iran’s Lorestan province.
Literally: “Clashes between protesters and security forces mark a major escalation in unrest that has spread across the country since shopkeepers began protesting on Sunday against the government’s devaluation of the currency and rapidly rising prices.”
What preceded:
Protests broke out in Iran in connection with a sharp drop in the rate of the national currency – the Iranian rial – and a rapid increase in prices. Earlier Reuters wrote that university students, bazaar traders, and shop owners joined the protests.