As Death Toll Surges in Iran, Leaders Take Tough Line Against Protesters
President Masoud Pezeshkian expressed sympathy for protesters’ economic pain, but said the state must respond to “rioters.” Rights groups reported a big spike in the death toll. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Demonstrations, Protests and Riots
Topics: death, spike, reported, groups, Rights, “rioters, respond, state, economic, protesters’, sympathy, expressed, Pezeshkian, Masoud, President, Protesters, Against, Tough, Leaders, Surges, Death
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/world/middleeast/iran-president-protests-economy-response.html