In towns and cities across Iran, drivers abandoned vehicles on highways and protesters blocked roads and set tires and buildings alight. A demonstrator in the capital reached by phone said protesters continued to confront police on the streets of central Tehran. ADAD“Access to the Internet has been limited since last night,” the source said, according to the semiofficial Iranian Students’ News Agency. Similar changes to government subsidies set off a wave of unrest in December 2017, when more than two dozen people were killed in protests nationwide. ADIran is home to the fourth-largest crude oil reserves in the world and has some of the most heavily subsidized gas prices.

Source: Washington Post November 17, 2019 12:18 UTC