Aid agencies report the killing of hundreds of protesters in the Islamic republic, with as many as 100 killed in a single incident.
Iranian state television acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that security forces shot and killed what it described as "rioters" in last month's anti-government demonstrations - the deadliest political unrest in Iran since the 1979 revolution and the subsequent founding of the Islamic republic.
Demonstrators chant slogans during a pro-government rally denouncing the previous week's violent protests over a fuel price hike."We've seen over 200 people killed in a very swift time, in under a week," Mansoureh Mills, an Iran researcher at Amnesty, told the Associated Press. She described the deadly crackdown as "something pretty unprecedented" even in a country frequently criticised over its human rights record.
"For hours, armed rioters had waged an armed struggle," the TV report said, according to the AP. "In such circumstances, security forces took action to save the lives of Mahshahr's people." In the Tuesday report, state TV also acknowledged clashes with "rioters" in the capital, Tehran; Shahriar, a Tehran suburb; and other cities, including Shiraz.
But the protests quickly expanded in scope amid anger over government corruption, failing institutions, lack of freedoms and the repressive rule of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The demonstrations reportedly were large in cities and areas populated by low-income and working-class Iranians, which is notable as these groups are the power base of the post-revolution ruling elite.
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