Iran condemns US support of ‘rioters’
People looking at the wreckage of a public bus that was burnt overnight during the protests over increasing fuel prices by the government in the city of Isfahan, central Iran, yesterday. Iran has condemned the US’ support of protesters. – EPA pic, November 18, 2019.
IRAN condemned the United States’ support for “rioters” in a statement issued late yesterday, after two days of violent protests in the Islamic republic against a petrol price hike. The foreign ministry said that it was reacting to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s “expression of support… for a group of rioters in some cities of Iran and condemned such support and interventionist remarks”.
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