Iranian protests are ongoing, one killed

Iranian protests are ongoing, one killed
Demonstrations ignited by anger over economic hardships continued for the fifth day in northern Iran on August 4, a day after media reported on the first protester death and an attack on a Shi’ite seminary.

Videos posted on social media purported to show rallies in the capital, Tehran, and in the cities of Karaj, Shiraz, Mashhad, Isfahan, and Qom, as Iranians brace for the return of US sanctions following President Donald Trump’s decision in May to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.

Protesters expressed anger over high inflation and increasing economic hardship caused in part by the dramatic decline of the national currency, the rial, which has been hit by US plans to reimpose sanctions on August 7 on Iran’s purchase of US dollars.

Sanctions will also target Iran’s trade in gold and precious metals, and its dealings with metals, coal, and industrial-related software.

On August 4, Iran’s Fars News agency reported that a man had been killed the night before during a protest in Karaj, about 50 kilometers west of Tehran, when someone fired a gun from a passing car.

The agency also reported that about 20 protesters in Karaj were detained by security forces.

’Death To Khamenei’

Amateur videos sent to RFE/RL appeared to show dozens of protesters in the capital Tehran, with some chanting "Death to Khamenei," in a reference to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Other demonstrators could be heard chanting, "Iranians, shout your demands."

There were reports of a heavy police presence in the center of Tehran and in its northern neighborhoods.

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