Iranians Protest Rising Food Prices
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Iranians Protest Rising Food Prices
Saeed Leilaz, a Tehran-based analyst, said that Mr. Rouhani’s political rivals may have played a role in organizing the protests, saying "the hands of political groups could be seen in today’s gathering in Mashhad."
But he said the administration still faces a major challenge.
28, 2017
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranians angry over rising food prices
and inflation protested in the country’s second-largest city and other areas Thursday, putting new pressure on President Hassan Rouhani as his signature nuclear deal with world powers remains in peril.
The police in Mashhad made an unspecified number of arrests, local authorities said, though the country’s powerful Revolutionary Guard
and its affiliates did not intervene as they have during other unauthorized demonstrations since Iran’s disputed 2009 election.
It wasn’t immediately clear how many people took part in Thursday’s protests, though social media
posts suggest several thousand demonstrated at rallies across at least three other cities.
Leilaz said that There are more than three million jobless in Iran, and more than 35 percent of Iranians are under the poverty line,
Poultry is an important part of the diet of many of Iran’s 80 million people;
previous price increases have caused political problems for Iran’s leaders.
Saeed Leilaz, a Tehran-based analyst, said that Mr. Rouhani’s political rivals may have played a role in organizing the protests, saying "the hands of political groups could be seen in today’s gathering in Mashhad."
But he said the administration still faces a major challenge.
28, 2017
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranians angry over rising food prices
and inflation protested in the country’s second-largest city and other areas Thursday, putting new pressure on President Hassan Rouhani as his signature nuclear deal with world powers remains in peril.
The police in Mashhad made an unspecified number of arrests, local authorities said, though the country’s powerful Revolutionary Guard
and its affiliates did not intervene as they have during other unauthorized demonstrations since Iran’s disputed 2009 election.
It wasn’t immediately clear how many people took part in Thursday’s protests, though social media
posts suggest several thousand demonstrated at rallies across at least three other cities.
Leilaz said that There are more than three million jobless in Iran, and more than 35 percent of Iranians are under the poverty line,
Poultry is an important part of the diet of many of Iran’s 80 million people;
previous price increases have caused political problems for Iran’s leaders.