Rouhani Urges Calm in Iran as Protests Continue
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He added, "Not good!" On Sunday, Telegram’s chief executive, Pavel Durov, confirmed
that the app had been blocked, posting a statement on Twitter that said, "Iranian authorities started blocking Telegram in Iran today after we publicly refused to shut down channels of peaceful Iranian protesters." He added: "We are proud that Telegram is used by thousands of massive opposition channels all over the world.
31, 2017
After four days of rare protests that shook Iran, President Hassan Rouhani tried to calm the nation on Sunday, saying
that people had the right to protest and acknowledging public concerns over the economy and corruption.
Rouhani said that We are a free nation, and based on the Constitution
and citizenship rights, people are completely free to express their criticism and even their protest,
Republican said that This person who is against the Iranian nation from head to toe has no right to feel sorry for the people of Iran.
Mr. Rouhani decisively won re-election in May, partly on Iranian hopes
that his successful negotiation of a landmark nuclear agreement in 2015 with big foreign powers, including the United States, would lead to an economic renaissance and greater prosperity in the nation of 80 million.
In an unusually bold act of defiance, some protesters in Tehran
and elsewhere called for the resignation of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and witnesses described crowds chanting, "Death to the dictator" and "Clerics should get lost." Video shared on social media showed the police in Tehran firing water cannons to try to disperse demonstrators in Ferdowsi Square, Reuters reported, although the footage could not be independently confirmed.
Cliff Kupchan said that The ongoing protests, by contrast, show no well-defined demands, no leadership or organization, and are diffuse around Iran,
