"Several people have been killed in Iran amid growing social unrest, according to reports on Thursday. With Iran mired in economic crisis, the country has been gripped by protests that began with a merchants' strike in Tehran and have since spread to other cities. The semi-official Iranian media agency, Fars, reported Thursday that two people had been killed in clashes between protesters and security forces in the western city of Lordegan. Three people were killed in Azna, in the neighboring province of Lorestan, Fars reported."
"The Basij volunteer force is loyal to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which operates in parallel to Iran's armed forces and reports directly to the Ayatollah. The Student News Network, believed to be close to the Basij, cited a deputy governor of Lorestan province as saying that the Guard member was "martyred at the hands of rioters during protests.""
Iran faces a deepening economic crisis as protests that began with a merchants' strike in Tehran have spread to multiple cities. Clashes between protesters and security forces in Lordegan killed two people; three people were killed in Azna in Lorestan province. A human rights group, Hengaw, reported deaths and said security forces killed and wounded several protesters after firing on them; another protester was shot dead in central Isfahan province. A volunteer member of the paramilitary Basij force was killed in Kuhdasht, the first security-force death since unrest began; 13 Basij and police officers were injured. Many social media users dispute the authorities' account.
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