One person was killed in the Iranian city of Sirjan during the protests that erupted after the government of President Hassan Rouhani began to legalize the distribution of fuel and increase the price of gasoline by at least 50%. Through the border crossing of Shalamcheh, at the request of the Iranian side against the backdrop of the protests taking place in Iran, and called the opposition «People's Mujahedeen» Iranian opposition, young people to join the ranks of protesters.
Demonstrations took place in several Iranian cities, following the government's sudden announcement of a significant increase in fuel prices at the height of Iran's economic crisis. Protesters blocked the Hakim highway in Tehran.
Maryam Rajavi, head of the opposition Mujahedeen Khalq Organization, called on all young people to "join the ranks of the protesters."
"The mullahs' regime, by tripling fuel prices, has made the hard-working poorer, and all the economic joints of the country are in the hands of Khamenei, Rouhani and the embezzlers of billions of their footnotes.
The organization said that the protests saw the burning of government headquarters and banks, and the outbreak of clashes between protesters and security men.
Iran has denied reports of demonstrations or riots and the burning of petrol stations in some cities after the decision to raise fuel prices at midnight last Thursday, but Iranian state media later reported that hundreds of people took part in the protests.
According to Iranian state media, demonstrations took place in several Iranian cities on the evening of the day. Among them are Mashhad, Bandar Abbas, Ahvaz and the oil-rich province of Khuzestan, pointing out that the protests were limited to disrupting traffic.
Meanwhile, the border crossing points in Iraq, yesterday, that the movement of travelers from Iraq to Iran stopped through the border Shalamche border, at the request of the Iranian side, against the backdrop of protests in Iran.
A statement by the Iraqi border outlets said that the border crossing of Shalamcheh was operating normally only for commercial traffic. Passenger traffic from Iraq to Iran was stopped at the request of the Iranian side because of the protests. According to eyewitnesses, large numbers of demonstrators closed the border crossing and were able to control the main street leading to the port and stop the movement of trucks and buses traveling between Iraq and Iran.
Passenger traffic from Iraq to Iran via the Shalamcheh port has been halted due to protests.