Nationwide protests continue to rage in Iran with officials announcing that a government building was attacked by protesters in the southern city of Fasa (Image X @kamaalrkhan)
Tehran: The ongoing protests in Iran continue to rage on unabated with Iranian officials announcing that a government building was attacked in the southern city of Fasa on Wednesday. The latest development comes amid widespread protests and accompanying violence across driven by a particularly difficult phase for the Iranian economy.
Although the Iranian government insists that the unrest remains limited and under control protests continue to take place across the country. According to the official Mizan news agency, a violent mob partially damaged the provincial governor’s office in the city of Fasa on Wednesday.
“A portion of the governor’s office door and its glass were destroyed in an attack by a number of people,” Hamed Ostovar, who is the head of the judiciary in Fasa told local media.
The official added that four suspects were arrested following the incident. He also informed that three police officers were injured while trying to disperse the protesters while dismissing reports circulating online that a protester had been killed in the incident.
The incident in Fasa is the latest such occurrence after a wave of mass protests and violent incidents swept across Iran over the past several days, sparked by public anger over soaring prices, currency depreciation and economic stagnation. Demonstrations started on Sunday in Tehran’s largest mobile phone market, where shopkeepers shut their businesses in protest. Students soon joined the protests which quickly spread to universities in the capital Tehran and other cities, including Isfahan, Yazd and Zanjan.
While admitting that economic protests were legitimate, Iran’s Prosecutor General Mohammad Movahedi-Azad warned that attempts to create insecurity or damage public property would be met with a severe response. His comments followed online messages from Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency urging the people of Iran to take to the streets. The Mossad message was cited by Iranian officials as evidence of foreign interference.
The Iranian economy has been struggling for several years now due to sanctions imposed by the US, primarily because of the country’s nuclear programme. The Iranian currency rial has lost more than a third of its value over the past year, which has increased the cost of imports and has severely affected retailers. Inflation officially stood above 50 per cent in December.
In Tehran, security forces were deployed around key intersections and universities. The Iranian government also announced a last-minute bank and school holiday, citing cold weather and energy savings.
Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian told the media that he had urged officials to engage in dialogue with protesters even as he warned against efforts to exploit the unrest.
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