Iran internet ‘disrupted’ ahead of anti-government protests
The semi-official Iranian news agency quoted an unnamed official as saying the action had been officially ordered.
The semi-official Iranian news agency quoted an unnamed official as saying the action had been officially ordered.
Unrest spread to scores of urban centres, during which protesters attacked police stations, torched petrol pumps and looted shops.
Rahmani-Fazli criticised a "limited number" of people whom he accused of abusing the public mood to create "intimidation and terror".
Angry protesters in Ahvaz, the capital city of Khuzestan, as well as in Behbahan, Mahshahr, and Omidiyeh chanted slogans against President Hassan Rouhani and his administration.