Later on Friday, protests began in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province, which has seen weeks of unrest. Advocacy group HalVash claimed security forces killed at least 16 people Friday, identifying nine of them by name. On Thursday, a Shiite cleric reportedly was shot and killed in Sistan and Baluchestan, a long restive province that’s predominantly Sunni. The U.S. and world powers reached a nuclear deal with Iran in 2015 that drastically curtailed its program in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions. Biden had said he was willing to have the U.S. rejoin the nuclear deal, but talks have broken down.

Source: Libya Today November 05, 2022 02:08 UTC