"Students took to the streets in the capital on Tuesday, while protests also broke out at universities and institutions in the cities of Isfahan, Yazd and Zanjan, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported. list of 4 itemsend of list Ilna, a news agency associated with Iran's labour movement, reported that protests were held at 10 universities across the country, including seven in the capital."
"The demonstrations marked the third consecutive day of protests in Iran since shopkeepers near two main tech and mobile phone shopping centres, in Tehran's Jomhouri area and near the Grand Bazaar, closed their businesses and took to the streets on Sunday in response to the rial plunging to record lows, forcing up import prices and hurting retail traders. The rial has been rapidly declining over recent weeks as the United States and its Western allies pile on sanctions and diplomatic pressure,"
"Responding to the growing protests, a government spokesperson said the government would listen to the concerns of the demonstrators. The government will listen patiently, even if there are harsh voices, because we believe that our people are patient enough, and when their voices are raised, the pressure that is being put on them is high, Fatemeh Mohajerani said at a news conference"
Protests spread from Tehran to cities including Isfahan, Yazd and Zanjan, with students and shopkeepers demonstrating over a collapsing rial and rising import prices. Demonstrations occurred at multiple universities and shopping areas after shopkeepers near major tech and mobile phone centres and the Grand Bazaar closed businesses and marched. The rial plunged to about 1.42 million to the US dollar from 820,000 a year earlier, driven by renewed UN-linked sanctions and Western pressure. The government pledged to listen patiently to legitimate concerns, acknowledging public pressure and the economic hardship facing traders and citizens.
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