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AP EXPLAINS East Oregonian Page 6A Tuesday, January 2, 2018 What’s happening with Iran’s ongoing protests? By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran has seen its largest anti-gov- ernment protests since the disputed presidential election in 2009, with thousands taking to the streets in several cities in recent days. Travel restrictions and moves by the government to shut down social media networks have limited the ability of journalists to cover the ongoing unrest, which Iranian state television says has killed 12 people. Here’s what we know so far: HOW DID THE PROTESTS START? The demonstrations began Thursday in Mashhad, Iran’s second-largest city and the home of a famous Shiite shrine. The city is a conservative bastion and a strong- hold of Ebrahim Raisi, a cleric who unsuccessfully challenged President Hassan Rouhani in last year’s elec- tion. Analysts suggest conservatives began the protests there as a means to pressure Rouhani, a relatively moderate cleric within Iran’s theo- cratic government. The protests then rapidly spread throughout the rest of the country of 80 million people. WHAT DO PROTESTERS WANT? Demonstrators initially focused on Iran’s flagging economy. Despite now being able to sell oil on the international market after the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran faces rising inflation and high unemployment. A recent increase in egg and poultry prices by as much as 40 percent, which a government spokesman has blamed on a cull over avian flu fears, appears to have sparked the protests. Protesters have chanted against Rouhani as well as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Some have criticized Iran’s military support of Syrian President Bashar Assad, while others have praised the U.S.-backed shah, who fled into exile just before the 1979 Islamic Revolution and died of cancer the following year. WHO IS LEADING THE PROTESTS? So far, no central leadership has emerged. That’s in contrast to the 2009 Green Movement demon- strations, which protested hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadine- jad’s re-election amid widespread allegations of voter fraud. Those protests, Iran’s biggest since 1979, AP Photo, File In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, a university student attends a protest inside Tehran University while a smoke grenade is thrown by anti-riot Iranian police, in Tehran, Iran. Iran protests have violent night; at least 12 dead overall TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Protests across Iran saw their most violent night as “armed protesters” tried to overrun military bases and police stations before security forces repelled them, killing 10 people, Iranian state television said Monday. Later in the day, Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency said an assailant using a hunting rifle killed a policeman and wounded three other officers during a demonstration in the central city of Najafabad, about 200 miles south of Tehran. It was the first report of a police officer dying during five days of unrest and raised the death toll to at least 13. The demonstrations, the largest to strike Iran since its disputed 2009 presidential election, began Thursday in Mashhad over economic issues and have expanded prompted a crackdown by Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and its affiliates that saw thousands detained, dozens killed and others tortured. Its leaders remain under house arrest years later. While leaderless, these new protests have to several cities, with some protesters chanting against the government and the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Hundreds of people have been arrested. Iranian state television aired footage of a ransacked private bank, broken windows, overturned cars and a firetruck that appeared to have been set ablaze. It said 10 people were killed by security forces during clashes Sunday night killed. “Some armed protesters tried to take over some police stations and military bases but faced serious resistance from security forces,” state TV said. In a later report, state TV said killed six people were killed in the western town of Tuyserkan, 185 miles southwest of Tehran, and three in the town of Shahin- shahr, 195 miles south of Tehran. It did not say where the 10th person was killed. been fanned in part by an exiled journalist named Roohallah Zam using a mobile phone messaging app called Telegram. HOW HAS THE GOVERNMENT RESPONDED? Iran says it temporarily shut down access to both Telegram and the photo-sharing app Instagram to “maintain peace,” limiting protesters’ ability to share images and publicize rallies. Facebook and Twitter are already banned. Uniformed and plainclothes police are in the streets, as are motorcy- cle-riding members of the Basij, a volunteer force under the Revo- lutionary Guard that helped carry out the 2009 crackdown. Rouhani himself has said Iran allows protests, and authorities often tolerate smaller, limited demonstra- tions and labor strikes. But Rouhani and other officials have warned that the government won’t hesitate to crack down on those it considers lawbreakers. HOW HAS THE WORLD REACTED? U.S. President Donald Trump has tweeted several times in support of the protests. The State Depart- ment has accused Iran’s leaders of turning “a wealthy country with a rich history and culture into an economically depleted rogue state whose chief exports are violence, bloodshed and chaos.” Rouhani has dismissed Trump’s criticisms, while many Iranians remain angry with the American president over his travel bans barring them from getting U.S. visas, as well as his refusal to re-certify the nuclear deal. IS IRAN A DEMOCRACY? Iran describes itself as an Islamic Republic. Elected representatives pass laws and govern on behalf of their constituencies. However, the supreme leader has the final say on all state matters. The Guardian Council, a 12-member panel half selected by the supreme leader and half nomi- nated by the judiciary and approved by parliament, must approve all laws. The council also approves all presi- dential and parliamentary candidates, barring anyone who challenges the political system itself or advocates dramatic reform. Security forces answering only to the supreme leader, like the Revolutionary Guard, routinely arrest dual nationals and foreigners, using them as pawns in international negotiations. WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT? Demonstrators have called for more protests in the days ahead. While Rouhani has said the government allows demon- strations, all so far have been held without police permission, which is illegal. Ultimately, the supreme leader will decide how to respond. As Cliff Kupchan at the Eurasia Group wrote in an analysis Sunday: “When it comes to regime survival, Khamenei calls the shots. And he’s got a lot of loyal and ruthless troops at his disposal.” T UESDAY A FTERNOON & E VENING ABC NBC CBS FOX 12 PM 12:30 1 PM (11) KFFX KPTV Paterni- Divorce Paid (42) KVEW KATU C The Chew (N) KEPR KOIN (25) KNDU KGW KTNW (59) OPB Funn- 2 yAsk 19 News 4 Saving the Great Swa Water- Jazzy 13 color Veg. 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