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Iranians Defy Crackdown with Fresh Protests


(AFP-Reuters-Guardian-UK) Iranian students protested and shopkeepers went on strike despite a widening crackdown, according to reports on social media, as demonstrations in Iran continued for a 50th day. Rahman Jalali, political and security deputy for Kerman province, admitted the authorities were having trouble quelling the protests: "The restrictions on the internet, the arrest of the leaders of the riots and the presence of the state in the streets always eliminated sedition, but this type of sedition and its audience are different."
2022-11-07 00:00:00
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