More pro-regime rallies as US imposes sanctions
 

TEHRAN: Pro-regime rallies were held around Tehran Friday with authorities seeking to put the recent violent unrest to bed, as Washington slapped fresh sanctions on Iran and called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting.
Iranian officials blamed a plot by the CIA, Israel and Saudi Arabia for the unrest that convulsed much of the country for five days ? part of the increasing tensions playing out between Iran and its neighbours since President Donald Trump came to power. The US imposed sanctions against five Iranian firms alleged to have been working on an illegal ballistic missile programme, linking the move to the protests.On the streets of Tehran, a heavy police presence lingered though there were no reports of fresh protests overnight.Tehran?s Friday prayer leader called on authorities to deal ?firmly? with those responsible for igniting over a week of illegal rallies, in which 22 people were killed and more than 1,000 people were arrested, according to Iranian officials. ?But those ordinary Iranians who were deceived by these American-backed rioters should be dealt based on Islamic clemency,? cleric Ahmad Khatami told worshippers at Tehran university, TV reported. Khatami also called on the government to ?pay more attention to people´s economic problems.?

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