Death toll climbs in Iran unrest
by Ramin Mostaghim and Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times
Jan 02, 2018
3 minutes
TEHRAN, Iran - The death toll in five days of anti-government protests in Iran climbed Monday as plainclothes police officers kept a close watch over a tense capital and President Hassan Rouhani continued to appeal for calm.
State media reported that one police officer was killed and three others wounded in a shooting in Najafabad, in central Iran, that was blamed on "a person who wanted to create a disturbance." The killing brought to 13 the number of people killed since the unrest began Thursday, according to
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