One person was killed and six others injured in violence in a city in
southern Iran that has seen several protests in recent months, the Fars news
agency reported Thursday.
It
said a group of people gathered in Kazerun on Wednesday evening to chant
“subversive slogans” and set fire to a local police station.
Videos
of the incident were shared on social media overnight.
Residents
of Kazerun have held sporadic demonstrations for weeks against a government
decision to establish an administrative division in the region.
Wednesday’s
scuffle was the first reported unrest in the town in two weeks after a decision
to shelve the reform initiative, Fars said.
At
least 25 people were killed in a wave of social unrest that swept towns and
cities across Iran between December 28 and January 1.
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