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On the wall is written: Death to Khamenei<\/em> ———————————————————–<\/em> In a telephone interview from Tehran, an Iranian human rights activist told Asharq Al-Awsat: \u201cStarting 3 pm till late at night, the main streets of Tehran witnessed fueled moments.\u201d<\/p>\n Although the regime was capable to quell anti-government protests in Iran in the past 39 years, night demonstrations continued across the country on Friday.<\/p>\n Protestors echoed their voices in the presence of more than 50 thousand people who attended a football match in the ‘Tractor Sazi’ stadium in Tabriz, the central province of Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n The Friday prayer leader in Sunni-majority Zahedan, Abdulhamid Mullazahi, criticized authorities for quelling protests and called on officials to pay attention to the demands of the Iranians and their problems.<\/p>\n Official reports said that more than 22 people were killed in the unrest which begun in Iran last week.<\/p>\n More than 40 Iranian university students, mostly activists, were arrested between Dec. 30 and Jan. 4, according to credible information received by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI).<\/p>\n Hardline preacher Ahmad Khatami told thousands of worshippers gathered in Tehran on Friday that \u201cwhen cyberspace was closed down, the sedition was stopped,\u201d adding that Iran nation does not support a social network that has its key in the hands of the US.<\/p>\n Khatami was speaking before pro-government demonstrations followed Friday prayers in Tehran and several other cities, including Tabriz and Kerman. It marked the third day of such demonstrations.<\/p>\n Despite the surge of demonstrations across the country, Interior Ministry spokesperson Salman Samani is still refusing to answer journalists\u2019 questions on the situation.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, in New York, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said during an emergency Security Council meeting that “the voices of the Iranian people should be heard.”<\/p>\n Source: Asharq Al-Awsat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On the wall is written: Death to Khamenei ———————————————————– Iranian preachers’ podiums turned on Friday into stages from where they attacked anti-government protests that kicked off last week in several […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":50408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[178],"class_list":{"0":"post-24130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-protests","8":"tag-save"},"yoast_head":"\n![](\"https:\/\/ssl.gstatic.com\/ui\/v1\/icons\/mail\/images\/cleardot.gif\" "\\"cleardot\\""){kind=spacer}
Iranian preachers\u2019 podiums turned on Friday into stages from where they attacked anti-government protests that kicked off last week in several parts of the country to object to a surge in the prices of basic food supplies and the regime\u2019s bad regional policy. <\/p>\n