Two protesters are said to have been killed at a rally in Iran amid a wave of spontaneous protests over the country's weak economy. Two protesters are said to have been killed at a rally in Iran amid a wave of spontaneous protests over the country's weak economy. A semi-official news agency in the country has quoted a government official as saying the protesters were killed at a rally overnight. The Mehr news agency reported on Sunday that the protesters were killed in Doroud, in Iran's Lorestan province. They called for criminal trials for Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi, leaders in the 2009 protests who have been under house arrest since 2011.

Source: Irish Independent December 31, 2017 07:18 UTC