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01-05-2018, 09:27 AM
TEHRAN: Iran saw another day of large pro-regime rallies on Thursday after authorities declared the end of deadly unrest and turned attention to addressing the economic concerns that fuelled protests.
A week after demonstrations broke out, there was a very heavy police presence on the streets of Tehran, AFP journalists said, and no reports of fresh protests overnight. Limited activity on social media suggested unrest in provincial towns was also down. Iranian state TV showed huge crowds marching in support of the government across 10 cities early Thursday, including Isfahan, Ardebil and Mashhad, where the protests first erupted a week ago.
?We are together behind the leader,? chanted the crowds, in reference to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.?The people?s main demand now is for the government and officials to deal with the economic problems,? Ali Akbar Velayati, an advisor to Khamenei, told the semi-official ISNA news agency. The head of the army, General Abdolrahim Mousavin, thanked security forces for ?putting out the fire of sedition?.
A White House official, who asked for anonymity, on Wednesday said Washington would look for ?actionable information? to try to impose fresh sanctions on those responsible. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted back on Thursday: ?Trump has an odd way of showing ?such respect??
Russia jumped to Iran?s defence, with deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov telling state agency TASS: ?Despite the many attempts to distort what is really going on (in Iran), I am sure that our neighbour, our friend, will overcome its current difficulties.? The question now is whether Trump will continue to waive nuclear-related sanctions that were suspended under the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
Under the deal, Trump must actively lift certain sanctions every few months and the next deadline falls on January 12. Iran ? which has long accused the United States and Sunni Arab rivals led by Saudi Arabia of interference in its affairs ? said external ?enemies? were behind recent unrest.
Online messaging and photo sharing platforms Telegram and Instagram remained blocked on mobile phones, having been interrupted soon after protests began. Telecoms Minister Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi said Telegram would only be unblocked if it removed ?terrorist? content. Iran?s political establishment has closed ranks against the unrest, with even reformists condemning the violence. But many have also called on Rouhani to address the economic issues that drove the initial protests. There have already been moves in parliament to block the unpopular budget measures announced last month, which included cuts to welfare and fuel price hikes.?As concerns petrol prices, we must absolutely take into account the situation of the people because the tensions are absolutely not in the interests of the country,? parliament speaker Ali Larijani said on Wednesday.
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A week after demonstrations broke out, there was a very heavy police presence on the streets of Tehran, AFP journalists said, and no reports of fresh protests overnight. Limited activity on social media suggested unrest in provincial towns was also down. Iranian state TV showed huge crowds marching in support of the government across 10 cities early Thursday, including Isfahan, Ardebil and Mashhad, where the protests first erupted a week ago.
?We are together behind the leader,? chanted the crowds, in reference to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.?The people?s main demand now is for the government and officials to deal with the economic problems,? Ali Akbar Velayati, an advisor to Khamenei, told the semi-official ISNA news agency. The head of the army, General Abdolrahim Mousavin, thanked security forces for ?putting out the fire of sedition?.
A White House official, who asked for anonymity, on Wednesday said Washington would look for ?actionable information? to try to impose fresh sanctions on those responsible. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted back on Thursday: ?Trump has an odd way of showing ?such respect??
Russia jumped to Iran?s defence, with deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov telling state agency TASS: ?Despite the many attempts to distort what is really going on (in Iran), I am sure that our neighbour, our friend, will overcome its current difficulties.? The question now is whether Trump will continue to waive nuclear-related sanctions that were suspended under the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
Under the deal, Trump must actively lift certain sanctions every few months and the next deadline falls on January 12. Iran ? which has long accused the United States and Sunni Arab rivals led by Saudi Arabia of interference in its affairs ? said external ?enemies? were behind recent unrest.
Online messaging and photo sharing platforms Telegram and Instagram remained blocked on mobile phones, having been interrupted soon after protests began. Telecoms Minister Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi said Telegram would only be unblocked if it removed ?terrorist? content. Iran?s political establishment has closed ranks against the unrest, with even reformists condemning the violence. But many have also called on Rouhani to address the economic issues that drove the initial protests. There have already been moves in parliament to block the unpopular budget measures announced last month, which included cuts to welfare and fuel price hikes.?As concerns petrol prices, we must absolutely take into account the situation of the people because the tensions are absolutely not in the interests of the country,? parliament speaker Ali Larijani said on Wednesday.
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