BBCNEWS BBC News December 31, 2017
President has declared that people have the right to protest and criticises government but not resort to violence and vandalism. His comments are the first by a senior figure in iran since widespread protests began on thursday. Police in tehran used water cannon on the crowds. There were reports from at least a dozen cities up and down the country. President rohani has made a comment on the unrest, days after they started, the first iranians leader to do so. He said iranianss had a right to protest but not to violence and destruction. The wave of demonstrations throughout the country of demons...