Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 14 Anti-government demonstrations erupted across the Iranian capital as well as in towns and cities across the country as young people used the annual Persian fire festival to ignite fireworks and set cars belonging to the State Security Forces (SSF) on fire, dissidents told Iran Focus. Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Mar. 14 Anti-government demonstrations erupted across the Iranian capital as well as in towns and cities across the country as young people used the annual Persian fire festival to ignite fireworks and set cars belonging to the State Security Forces (SSF) on fire, dissidents told Iran Focus.
In the south-western city of Ahwaz protestors constructed an effigy of Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and set it on fire.
Similar anti-government demonstrations by young people celebreating the fire festival have been reported in Garmsar (south-east of Tehran) and Rafsanjan (southern) Iran.
