Iran, over 200 killed in 2019 protests

(ANSA) - TEHERAN, MAY 31 - Between 200 and 225 people were killed in protests that broke out in several cities of Iran in November last year, on the wave of rising fuel prices. Isna reports, citing Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazlihas. The final death toll in the November protests will be published in a few days, said Rahmani Fazli, adding that "during the protests about forty people, about 20 percent of those killed, were hit with unconventional weapons, and not connected to any organization. " "Some blame me for cutting the Internet during the riots" - he concluded -.
   "The Internet was cut because the United States, the monarchists, members of the outlawed organization Mujahedin Khalq and Isissta were training people in armed struggle through isocial media in order to foment a civil war."