The protest sparked a crackdown that saw riot police club demonstrators and fire tear gas
Protesters angry over a building collapse in southwestern Iran that killed at least 31 people shouted down an emissary sent by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sparking a crackdown that saw riot police club demonstrators and fire tear gas, according to online videos analyzed on Monday.
Ayatollah Mohsen Heidari AleKasir tried to address upset mourners near the site of the 10-story Metropol Building but hundreds gathered Sunday night instead booed and shouted.“What’s happening?” the cleric stage-whispered to a bodyguard, who then leaned in to tell him something. Police ordered the crowd not to chant slogans against the Islamic Republic and then ordered them to leave, calling their rally illegal. Video later showed officers confronting and clubbing demonstrators as clouds of tear gas rose. At least one officer fired what appeared to be a shotgun, though it wasn’t clear if it was live fire or so-called “beanbag” rounds designed to stun.
Rescue teams pulled two more bodies from the rubble on Monday, bringing the death toll in the collapse to 31, according to the state-run IRNA news agency. Authorities fear more people could be trapped under the debris.
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