Iranian army commander offers to help police with protests
Iran’s army chief said on Thursday police forces had already quelled anti-government unrest that has killed 21 people but that his troops were ready to intervene if needed, official media reported, as new state-sponsored protests were held. The anti-government demonstrations, which seem to be spontaneous and without a clear leader, erupted a week ago in Iran’s second city of Mashhad over economic hardships - mostly youth unemployment and alleged corruption. “Although this blind sedition was so small that a portion of the police force was ...
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