Hassan Rouhani calls for release of innocent, unarmed protesters

Hassan Rouhani calls for release of innocent, unarmed protesters
# 04 December 2019 12:04 (UTC +04:00)

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called on Wednesday for the release of any unarmed and innocent people who were detained during protests against gasoline price hikes, after two weeks of violent clashes, APA reports citing Reuters.

“Religious and Islamic clemency should be shown and those innocent people who protested against petrol price hikes and were not armed ... should be released,” Rouhani said in a televised speech.

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