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On the streets of Tehran, Iranians feel protesters’ pain

by Associated Press

Jan 2, 2018

Many residents said the country's soaring unemployment and rising prices had driven people to the point of desperation.

An Iranian woman raises her fist amid the smoke of tear gas at the University of Tehran during a protest in the capital on Dec. 30. Students protested in the third day of demonstrations sparked by anger over Iran's economic problems.

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