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...