US EditionIran's President Pezeshkian urges security forces not to target protesters
President Masoud Pezeshkian called on security forces to spare peaceful protesters amid economic unrest that has caused 36 deaths and 2,000 detentions, activists said.
- On Wednesday, President Masoud Pezeshkian told Iranian security forces to distinguish rioters from protesters and urged them not to target peaceful demonstrators.
- Protesters cite soaring prices and a collapsing currency, saying Iran's rial's collapse worsens after Iran's Central Bank cut subsidised dollar rates for importers and producers.
- On Tuesday, Tehran's Grand Bazaar was empty after security forces fired tear gas at a sit-in, while activists abroad report 36 killed and some 2,000 detained.
- Since December 28, there have been a number of similar incidents, and Tuesday's protest signals unrest will persist as the rial fell to a record low.
- International attention and worsening household finances together, last week US President Trump warned Iran not to use force, while merchants likely pass price hikes to consumers whose life savings have dwindled.
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Iranian President Masud Pezeshkian on Wednesday ordered security forces not to repress the protests and distinguished between protesters and those he called "disturbers"
Iran's President Peseshkian, in the face of ongoing protests, has called on the security forces not to take action against peaceful demonstrators, who must be distinguished from - quote - "insurgents" who attacked police stations and military facilities with firearms, said Peseshkian, according to the government.
The street protests continue to spread in Iran, where in various cities there are sometimes fatalities, despite the peaceful calls of President Massoud Pezeshkian, who asked the security forces to...
The President ordered that no action should be taken against the protesters and called for "vandling" those who participated in the protests to have firearms and to attack military facilities.
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