A government building in southern Iran was attacked on Wednesday, officials said, as the countryβs top prosecutor warned that authorities would have a βdecisive responseβ to any unrest following several days of protests fueled by mounting economic hardship.
Spontaneous protests, driven by dissatisfaction at Iran's economic stagnation, began on Sunday in Tehran's largest mobile phone market, where shopkeepers shuttered their businesses, and have since drawn in students across the country.
"A portion of the provincial governors' office door and its glass were destroyed in an attack by a number of people," said Hamed Ostovar, the he
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