Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 27 – Large numbers of youths across Tehran demonstrated violently late Tuesday against the government’s decision to ration fuel.
Photos: Iran youths demonstrate against fuel rationing law – 2
Photos: Iran youths demonstrate against fuel rationing law – 1
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 27 – Large numbers of youths across the Iranian capital demonstrated violently late Tuesday against the government’s decision to ration fuel. Angry youths set fire to several petrol stations in Tehran and chanted slogans against Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “Gun, tanks, fireworks; Ahmadinejad must be killed, they chanted.
Photos: Iran youths demonstrate against fuel rationing law – 3
Photos: Iran youths demonstrate against fuel rationing law – 2
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 27 – Large numbers of youths across the Iranian capital demonstrated violently late Tuesday against the government’s decision to ration fuel.
Photos: Iran youths demonstrate against fuel rationing law – 1
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 27 – Large numbers of youths across the Iranian capital demonstrated violently late Tuesday against the government’s decision to ration fuel. Angry youths set fire to several petrol stations in Tehran and chanted slogans against Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “Gun, tanks, fireworks; Ahmadinejad must be killed, they chanted.
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