{"id":62731,"date":"2026-01-01T19:05:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T19:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/at-least-6-reported-killed-during-iran-protests-over-struggling-economy\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T19:05:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T19:05:03","slug":"at-least-6-reported-killed-during-iran-protests-over-struggling-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/at-least-6-reported-killed-during-iran-protests-over-struggling-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 6 reported killed during Iran protests over struggling economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Widening <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-protests-crackdown-us-israel-support-standoff-nuclear-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">demonstrations<\/a><\/span> sparked by Iran&#8217;s ailing economy spread Thursday into the Islamic Republic&#8217;s rural provinces, with at least six people being killed in the first fatalities reported among security forces and protesters, authorities said.  <\/p>\n<p>The deaths may mark the start of a heavier-handed response by Iran&#8217;s theocracy over the demonstrations, which have slowed in the capital, Tehran, but expanded elsewhere. The fatalities, one on Wednesday and five on Thursday, occurred in three cities predominantly home to Iran&#8217;s Lur ethnic group.<\/p>\n<p>The protests have become the biggest in Iran since 2022, when the death of 22-year-old <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mahsa-amini-iran-protest-deaths-family-says-tortured-killed-by-morality-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mahsa Amini<\/a><\/span> in police custody triggered nationwide demonstrations. However, the demonstrations have yet to be countrywide and have not been as intense as those surrounding the death of Amini, who was detained over not wearing her hijab, or headscarf, to the liking of authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The latest protests, taking root in economic issues, have heard demonstrators chant against Iran&#8217;s theocracy as well. The country&#8217;s leaders are still reeling after Israel launched a 12-day war against the country in June. The U.S. also bombed Iranian nuclear sites during the war.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The people of Iran want freedom. They have suffered at the hands of the Ayatollahs for too long,&#8221; Mike Waltz, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said in a<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/USAmbUN\/status\/2005780495003480565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> post on X<\/a> earlier this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We stand with Iranians in the streets of Tehran and across the country as they protest a radical regime that has brought them nothing but economic downturn and war,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/01\/01\/26f12091-6805-4699-b5b1-f54488ef4696\/thumbnail\/620x413\/ff9715c5b7605a19cf295f8c518c96af\/ap25363522315836.jpg#\" alt=\"Iran Traders Protest \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/01\/01\/26f12091-6805-4699-b5b1-f54488ef4696\/thumbnail\/620x413\/ff9715c5b7605a19cf295f8c518c96af\/ap25363522315836.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/01\/01\/26f12091-6805-4699-b5b1-f54488ef4696\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/2b98499dd9c72c294fbf5287733b9af0\/ap25363522315836.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Protesters march in downtown Tehran, Iran, Dec. 29, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Fars News Agency via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The most intense violence appeared to strike Azna, a city in Iran&#8217;s Lorestan province, some 185 miles southwest of Tehran. There, online videos purported to show objects in the street ablaze and gunfire echoing as people shouted: &#8220;Shameless! Shameless!&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>The semiofficial Fars news agency reported three people had been killed. Other media, including pro-reform outlets, cited Fars for the report while state-run media did not fully acknowledge the violence there or elsewhere. It wasn&#8217;t clear why there wasn&#8217;t more reporting over the unrest, but journalists had faced arrest over their reporting in 2022.  <\/p>\n<p>In Lordegan, a city in Iran&#8217;s Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, online videos showed demonstrators gathered on a street, with the sound of gunfire in the background. The footage matched known features of Lordegan, some 290 miles south of Tehran.  <\/p>\n<p>Fars, citing an anonymous official, said two people were killed during the protests Thursday.  <\/p>\n<p>The Washington-based Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran said two people had been killed there, identifying the dead as demonstrators. It also shared a still image of what appeared to be an Iranian police officer, wearing body armor and wielding a shotgun.  <\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the area around Lordegan saw widespread protests and demonstrators reportedly damaged government buildings after a report said people there had been infected with HIV by contaminated needles used at a local health care clinic.  <\/p>\n<p>A separate demonstration Wednesday night reportedly led to the death of a 21-year-old volunteer in the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard&#8217;s Basij force.  <\/p>\n<p>The state-run IRNA news agency reported on the Guard member&#8217;s death but did not elaborate. An Iranian news agency called the Student News Network, which is believed to be close to the Basij, directly blamed demonstrators for the Guard member&#8217;s death, citing comments from Saeed Pourali, a deputy governor in Lorestan province. <\/p>\n<p>The Guard member &#8220;was martyred &#8230; at the hands of rioters during protests in this city in defense of public order,&#8221; he reportedly said. Another 13 Basij members and police officers suffered injuries, he added. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The protests that have occurred are due to economic pressures, inflation and currency fluctuations, and are an expression of livelihood concerns,&#8221; Pourali said. &#8220;The voices of citizens must be heard carefully and tactfully, but people must not allow their demands to be strained by profit-seeking individuals.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>The protests took place in the city of Kouhdasht, over 250 miles southwest of Tehran. Local prosecutor Kazem Nazari said 20 people had been arrested after the protests and that calm had returned to the city, the judiciary&#8217;s Mizan news agency reported.  <\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s civilian government under reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian has been trying to signal it wants to negotiate with protesters. However, Pezeshkian has acknowledged there is not much he can do as Iran&#8217;s rial currency has rapidly depreciated, with $1 now costing some 1.4 million rials.  <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, state television separately reported on the arrests of seven people, including five it described as monarchists and two others it said had links to European-based groups. State TV also said another operation saw security forces confiscate 100 smuggled pistols, without elaborating.  <\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s theocracy had declared Wednesday a public holiday across much of the country, citing cold weather, likely as a bid to get people out of the capital for a long weekend. 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