Iran's opposition leader, Maryam Rajavi, called yesterday for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the repression of the Iranian regime of demonstrators after the increasing number of dead and wounded, while Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, yesterday, Iran's victory over «enemy plans».

"In view of the growing number of martyrs and wounded people across Iran, I call on the UN Secretary-General to direct the UN Security Council to hold an emergency meeting on Khamenei's crimes and his bodyguards in Tehran," Maryam Rajavi said in a tweet on Twitter.

Last Monday, Rajavi said that the regime's violent behavior in dealing with demonstrations condemning the rise in gasoline prices in the past few days is a crime against humanity.

In remarks, Rajavi called on the international community to punish elements of the ruling regime for crimes against humanity and to support the demands of the Iranian people.

And entered the demonstrations in Iran, yesterday, the sixth day; protest against the rise in gasoline prices by 300%, and spread to 65 cities in 25 provinces across the country.

On the other hand, President Hassan Rouhani said, while the state television showed clips of pro-government marches, "The Iranian people dispelled the enemy plans in various incidents. .

Demonstrations erupted in Iran on Friday evening, hours after the announcement of a reform in the way of subsidies on fuel, an amendment aimed at helping those in need, but accompanied by a significant increase in gasoline prices, in light of the severe economic crisis in the country. Protests spread quickly to 40 other cities and regions, including Tehran, burning petrol stations and attacking police stations, shopping malls, mosques and public buildings.

Authorities confirmed the deaths of five people, including four security forces and a civilian, while Amnesty International said yesterday that there were reports that "at least 106 demonstrators had been killed."

It remains difficult to assess the situation in the country effectively, as a result of the four-day Internet outage.

"Few of those who took to the streets in recent days were rioters," he said.

He also said «you have seen in recent days massive (popular) spontaneous demonstrations in several cities», saying that these demonstrations «the strongest evidence of the strength of the Iranian nation».

"Iran has shown the world its vigilance, self-awareness, unity and solidarity with the entire political system," he said.

In the evening of yesterday, the Iranian leader, Ali Khamenei, in a televised speech that Iran "imposed retreat on the enemy in the fields of military, political and security war."

"We defeated the enemy during the security incidents of recent days," Khamenei said, noting that the unrest in the country was not the result of popular movement.

Dozens of major Iranian cities, as well as smaller towns with tens of thousands of people, were hit by demonstrations and were quickly marred by riots.

"According to credible reports, at least 106 protesters have been killed in 21 cities," Amnesty said.