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Iran for First Time Acknowledges Protesters Were Shot Dead

◢ Iran for the first time acknowledged that its security forces shot and killed protesters last month during violent crackdowns. State television on Tuesday reported that “rioters” had been shot dead in several areas as they joined anti-government protests, including in Tehran, the capital, and Mahshahr in the country’s southwest.

Tehran's Grand Bazaar Strikes in Protest at Rial Collapse

◢ Traders in the Iranian capital's Grand Bazaar held a rare protest strike Monday against the collapse of the rial on the foreign exchange market as demonstrators also took to the streets. At a crossroads in central Tehran, police fired tear gas at dozens of youths shouting slogans and throwing stones, an AFP photographer said.