Iranian protesters attempt to break in to government building as demonstrations escalate
Iranian protesters attempted to storm a local government building on Wednesday, state media reported, as demonstrations over the cost of living reached their fourth day.
Iranian protesters attempted to storm a local government building on Wednesday, state media reported, as demonstrations over the cost of living reached their fourth day.
In an unusual response to unrest, the Iranian government on Tuesday offered to set up a dialogue with protest leaders.
The first major protests since before June - when US airstrikes prompted an outpouring of patriotism - began on Sunday.
Shopkeepers and traders in the capital, Tehran, angry about spiralling inflation and the Iranian currency plunging to a record low against the dollar, took to the streets on Sunday, and have since been joined by students.
On Wednesday they attempted to break in to the local governor's office in the southern Fars province, state media confirmed.
Image: Protesters marched in Tehran on Monday. Pic: Fars News Agency/AP
"A few hours ago an organised group tried to get into the governorate building in the city of Fasa, their attack failed with the intervention of security forces," state media said.
"The leader of these rioters, a 28-year-old woman, was arrested".
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Iran's Tasnim news agency cited a local official as saying four "attackers" had been detained and three members of the security forces had been wounded during the clash.
