One killed in Iran water shortage protests: state media
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- Published Date: 09:33 | 17 July 2021
- Modified Date: 09:33 | 17 July 2021
The demonstrator was killed in the Khuzestan province town of Shadegan, the official IRNA news agency said.
"Last night (Friday), a number of Shadegan's people had gathered to protest water shortages due to the drought, during which opportunists and rioters shot dead one of the demonstrators," the county's acting governor, Omid Sabripour, told IRNA.