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Thursday, January 1, 2026
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Thursday, January 1, 2026
Another three protesters reported killed in Iran clashes
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFresh clashes between demonstrators and security forces have killed three people in western Iran, according to the Fars news agency, on the fifth day of cost-of-living protests.
“Around 6:00 pm today, a group of rioters took advantage of a protest gathering in Azna, in Lorestan province, to attack a police commissariat. Three people were killed and 17 others wounded in clashes,” Fars says, in apparent reference to civilian victims.
Earlier, the news agency reported that two people had been killed in southwest Iran.
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