Booing and shouting prompt crackdown from riot police at site of disaster, where 31 people died
Protesters angry over a building collapse in south-westthat killed at least 31 people shouted down an emissary sent by the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, prompting a crackdown in which riot police clubbed demonstrators and fired teargas, according to online videos.
The cleric tried to address the crowd again: “My dears, please keep calm, as a sign of respect to Abadan, its martyrs and the dear [victims] the whole Iranian nation is mourning tonight.”A live broadcast of the event on state television then cut out. Protesters later chanted: “I will kill, I will kill the one who killed my brother!”
Independent newsgathering remains extremely difficult in Iran. During unrest, Iran has disrupted internet and telephone communications to affected areas, while also limiting the movement of journalists inside the country. Reporters Without Borders has described Iran as the third-worst country in the world to be a journalist – behind only North Korea and Eritrea.
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