Azeri protests in Iran met by water cannons and rubber bullets
Thousands of Iranian Azeris took to the streets on July 26 to protest insulting comments made about their community in the state-run daily Tarhe-No. Iran's largest ethnic minority protested across Iran’s Eastern and Western Azerbaijan provinces. In Tabriz, thousands gathered in Darayi Street and chanted slogans. The regime responded with special anti-riot troops using water cannons and rubber bullets. Eyewitnesses reported that a number of protesters were arrested. In Orumieh (Urmia), protestors marched from Atai Street towards Imam ...
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