Anti-government protests in #Iran
Iran has been blown up by anti-government protests The protests started on Thursday, protesting the rising prices, unemployment and the ongoing economic inequality in the country. Thousands of people took part in the protest in the capital city of Tehran, Karman Shah and Mashhad.
The news agency AFP, Reuters, Today-Jazeera and BBC Online reported that the protesters also slogan President Hassan Rouhani. Police have arrested 52 people from Mashhad city on charges of creating anti-government slogans and chaos.
It is said in the report that on Thursday the country's second largest city Mashhad was the first to start the protest. Later, it gradually spread to other areas.
The United States Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the arrest of protesters. In a statement from the White House, it is said that the whole world is watching what the Iranian authorities are doing towards anti-governmentists. Due to corruption and misuse of the country's resources, the common people are unhappy. That is why they are protesting.
It is said in the report that the prices of Iran have increased a lot recently. Egg prices have increased by almost 40 percent.
Iran's Vice President Ishaq Jahangiri, acknowledging the rise in the price of goods, said the prices of some items have really increased. But the government is working to handle it.
Isakh Jahangiri said that people are harming the government in the name of protests. None of them have provoked.
Tehran Deputy Governor General Mohsen Hemdani said about 50 people gathered in the City Square in the capital for anti-government protests. They were told to go back. But some people were arrested from there. They are protesting because of the propaganda.
It is said in the report that in August, Iran's central bank said inflation rate increased by 10 percent. And the World Bank said, the unemployment rate in the country increased by 12.7 percent last year, which is the highest in the last three years.
The country's political analyst Adnan Tabattawi said in a tweet that people are protesting because of socioeconomic inequality. There is no political reason behind this.