Death toll rises in Iran protests

Six days of anti-government protests across Iran – the largest since a disputed presidential election in 2009 – have left at least 22 people dead. Police have arrested 450 protesters in the capital, Tehran


Dec 28: Protests over rising prices and corruption among officials erupts in Mashhad – a stronghold of Iran’s political conservatives


Protest cities
Fatalities reported

SYRIA
SAUDI ARABIA
IRAQ
KUWAIT
Khorramabad
Tuyserkan
Kermanshah
Borujerd
Ahvaz
Zanjan
Qazvin
Hamedan
Izeh
Caspian Sea
Rasht
Arak
Persian Gulf
Bushehr
Qom
Tehran
Sari
Shahroud
Dorud
Shahinshahr
Isfahan
Najafabad
Shahrekord
Bandar Abbas
Neyshabour
IRAN
Kashmar
Mashhad
TURKMEN.
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN

200km 120 miles


Sources: Iran state-run Asriran news agency, Young Journalists Club 
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