VOL. XXXVIII
NO.28
10-April-1995
Iran
PriceIncreases Cause Rioting In Tehran Suburb
A protest against water shortages and increased bus fares became a full-blowndemonstration against
thegovernment and high prices before erupting into violence in the Tehran suburb ofIslamshahr on 4
April.At least one person was confirmed dead and several other people suffered gunshotwounds when rioters clashed with police. Press reports attributed the riots tothe doubling two weeks earlier of the price of petroleum...
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