Tehran responds to Trump's tweet series for protesters: "Does the Iranian Remember Who Eliminated General Suleimani" • Tehran Police deny firing protesters

• Demonstrator in front of a police officer in Tehran // Photo: AFP

Hussein Rahimi, the commander of the Tehran police, issued a statement on Monday on the official website of the Iranian police, stating that "the police did not fire the protesters in Tehran because the police officers were instructed to demonstrate restraint." This, after last night's videos were circulated on Iran's social media showing police in civilian clothing opening fire on protesters, some of whom were injured and led by their treatment members. It is unknown whether there were fatalities in the demonstrations.

However, it may be a statement, as is customary in Iran, that is only half-truth: The shooting at the demonstrators appears to have been carried out by the Basij, a semi-military force of the Revolutionary Guards, engaged in internal security, and not by the Tehran police. Photos on social media show people wearing civilian clothes taking out rifles from alleged civilian vehicles and firing at protesters.

Meanwhile, Iran for the first time responds to US President Donald Trump's tweet series in support of Iranian protesters, demanding that the Iranian government not fire the protesters. A spokesman for the Iranian government said: "The Iranian people remember he (Trump) killed General Suleimani , And has prompted Iranians to face economic challenges. "Spokesman Ali Rabai said" Trump sheds alligator tears when he worries about Iran's concern. "

Addressing the arrest of the British ambassador to Tehran on Saturday, Rabai said that "the British ambassador to Iran acted in a completely unprofessional and unacceptable manner after arriving at a rally that became political."

Videos posted on social media last night sounded gunfire, and blood puddles near protesters shot. The videos also showed pictures of wounded carried by their friends. In other publications, police officers were seen in police vehicles hurting protesters with street goddesses, with people shouting: "Don't hit them."

Demonstrations against the administration of the university in Tehran

Remember, Iranian authorities killed hundreds of protesters in November, in what appears to be the largest demonstration against the regime since the 1979. Revolution In Iraq and Lebanon, Iranian-backed governments have also faced hostile mass demonstrations.

The latest flare-up began in late December, when rockets fired at U.S. bases in Iraq killed one US citizen. Washington blamed the country's pro-Iranian militia for action, launching air strikes that killed at least 25 pro-Iranian fighters. In Baghdad for two days. Trump then ordered the assault that killed Kassem Suleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

On Wednesday, Iranian anti-aircraft forces dropped a Ukrainian plane that was on its way to Kiev and carried Iranian and Ukrainian civilians. After days in Tehran denied the charge of the crash, Iranians took responsibility for the shooting and even publicly apologized: Iran's president called it a "disastrous mistake"

However, the rage on the streets of Iran erupted after the administration's whitewash attempt to overthrow the plane, and thousands of Iranians, mostly students, took to the streets and universities to protest against the corrupt government.