Death Toll in Iran Protests Climbs as Rouhani Calls for Calm
- As many as a dozen dead in rare public display of discontent
- President Rouhani defends Iranian people’s right to protest
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The death toll in protests that have agitated Iran over the past five days climbed, as security forces clashed with demonstrators rallying in a rare show of displeasure with the country’s leaders.
Accounts varied, but as many as a dozen people may have died. Local officials told the semi-official Mehr News and Iranian Labour News Agency that four people were killed Sunday night, including two run over by a fire truck in the western city of Dorud. State TV said Monday that 10 people were killed Sunday when security forces battled “armed protesters” who tried to take over police stations and military bases.