Iran’s foreign minister has dismissed reports that the Islamic Republic arrested “peaceful protesters” during the months-long riots, stressing that only “trouble makers” were arrested over rioting and violence. “No one was arrested in autumn’s peaceful protests,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian wrote in a tweet on Thursday. “But when they turned ...
Iran had been in late 2022 the scene of protests which turned violent, allegedly over living conditions and the death of a young woman at police custody. The suspicious riots last September, led to the death or injury of tens of Iranians, including security forces, as well as the arrest ...
