Rare public protests spread across Iran amid spiraling inflation

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Rare public protests spread across Iran amid spiraling inflation

Violent protests have spread across Iran - @daryatofani4/Twitter/ Iranian police clashed with protesters demonstrating against government corruption on Friday, in a rare public show of discontent in the Islamic republic. About 300 people gathered in the western city of Kermanshah on Friday calling for a "revolution", shouting "where's my paycheck?", "the people are begging, the clerics act like God" and “death to the dictator”. It followed a day after similar protests in the northeastern city of Mashhad, where more than 50 were arrested. ...

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