However, international rights groups already have called on Iran to allow people to protest peacefully as allowed by the country’s constitution. People cough and sputter while trying to escape the fumes, with one woman calling out in Farsi: “They fired tear gas at people! Amnesty International later said more than 300 people were killed. Police briefly detained the British ambassador to Iran, Rob Macaire, who said he went to the vigil without knowing it would turn into a protest. Iran’s Foreign Ministry later summoned the British ambassador over his ”illegal and inappropriate presence” at the protest, it said on its Telegram channel.

Source: Egypt Independent January 13, 2020 05:37 UTC