Iranian Supreme leader backs government on fuel price hikes

Iranian state TV says the country’s supreme leader supports the government’s decision to increase fuel prices and calls those setting fire to public property “bandits” backed by the enemies of Iran.

The comments by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were reported by the state TV on Sunday, a day after protesters angered by Iran raising government-set fuel prices by 50 percent had blocked traffic in major cities and occasionally clashed with police.

That came after a night of demonstrations punctuated by gunfire, in violence that reportedly killed at least one person.

Via Arab News

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