Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday, commenting on widespread protests over the government’s decision to increase gasoline prices by 50 percent, denounced protesters who have attacked public property as “thugs.”Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s comments were carried live on state television. Khamenei ordered security forces “to implement their tasks” and for Iran’s citizens to keep clear of violent demonstrators. Images published by state and semiofficial media showed images of burned gas stations and banks, torched vehicles and roadways littered with debris. Attackers targeting a police station in the city of Kermanshah on Saturday killed an officer, according to the IRNA news agency. Earlier, one man was reported killed Friday in Sirjan – about 500 miles southeast of Tehran.

Source: Fox News November 17, 2019 23:54 UTC