DUBAI: Riot police and security forces clashed with demonstrators in Tehran and dozens of cities across Iran on Saturday , Iranian news agencies and social media said, as protests against a rise in gasoline prices turned political.
"People attacked a fuel storage warehouse in Sirjan and tried to set fire to it," the state news agency IRNA said. Videos on social media showed riot police firing teargas and using clubs to disperse protesters in several cities. A video shared on Twitter showed protesters setting fire to a bank. Many people in oil-producing Iran see cheap gasoline as a national right and the price hike sparked worries about a further squeeze on living costs, despite assurances from the Iranian authorities that the revenue raised would be used to help needy families.
Iran's clerical rulers are anxious to prevent any repeat of unrest in late 2017, when people staged protests in 80 cities and towns over poor living standards, some calling on Shi'ite Muslim clerical leaders to step down. Iranian officials said 22 people died in those protests.
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