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One dead during petrol protests in Iran’s Sirjan: reports

TEHRAN, Nov 16, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – One civilian was killed and other people
injured in Iran’s Sirjan, the semi-official news agency ISNA said Saturday, a
day after protests in the central city over a petrol price hike.

“Unfortunately someone was killed,” Sirjan’s acting governor Mohammad
Mahmoudabadi said in the report, adding that the cause of the death was still
unclear.

BSS/AFP/ARS/1555 hrs