A burnt billboard is pictured at a pedestrian overpass in Tehran on November 19, 2019. Three security personnel have been killed by “rioters” in Iran, the latest deaths in protests that showed no sign of subsiding today despite a wave of arrests and internet shutdown. The deaths take to at least five the number of people confirmed to have been killed in the nationwide demonstrations that erupted on Friday against a shock decision to impose petrol price hikes. The situation on the streets remains unclear largely due to the government-imposed internet outage which has entered a third day. ATTA KENARE / AFP
More than 100 demonstrators are believed to have been killed across Iran since leaders ordered security forces to stamp out protests triggered by fuel price rises, Amnesty International said Tuesday.
“At least 106 protesters in 21 cities have been killed, according to credible reports,” the London-based rights group said.
It added that “the real death toll may be much…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
