Protests in Iran
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This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site examines the series of protests that occurred in Iran at the end of 2017 and speculates on whether this signals bigger changes occuring in the nation.
On December 28, 2017, there was a small street protest in the city of Mashhad over high prices. This protest quickly grew to include about 85 other cities and towns. Protestors spoke out about high unemployment and oppressive rulers. The uprising went on for ten days. On day 4, the government called in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to quell the protests. When the uprising finally ended on day 10, 25 people were dead and another 3,700 had been tortured and/or arrested.
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