Economics
Protests Erupt Across Iran After Gasoline-Price Increase
- Officials condemn protests; at least one person was killed
- Outrage flares as Iran struggles amid sanctions-bound economy
Iranians fill their vehicles at a petrol station in Tehran, on November 15, 2019.
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Protests erupted in cities across Iran, leaving at least one person dead, after the government unexpectedly hiked gasoline prices, the semi-official Iranian Student’s News Agency reported.
The fatality occurred during clashes in Sirjan in the southern province of Kerman on Friday, ISNA reported, citing the city’s acting governor, Mohammad Mahmoudabadi. Protests spread on Saturday to Tehran, where motorists blocked highways and intersections with their vehicles in a dense snowfall, according to the Fars news agency.