Iran: speaker

Baztab News writes that at least 12 gas stations were torched in Tehran and some in other cities throughout the country in protest against fuel rationing.
Demonstrations were also in other Iranian cities like Karaj, Mashad, Tabriz, Bandar-Abbas, Ardabil and Kermanshah.
There were also unconfirmed reports that 2 or 3 people were killed in the ensuing chaotic scenes.
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Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel told reporters in Tehran that the fuel rationing had many positive results for the nation, for instance less dependency of fuel import, the amount could be spent on more important needs of the country, less traffic and prevention of fuel smuggling.

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Parnaz Azima has according to Associated Press in a telephone conversation with WOTP-Radio, urged the Bush administration to end its vocal campaign for democracy in Iran, saying it encouraged Iran's government to curtail its citizens' freedoms.
During this conversation, which she believed was being monitored. she said among other things that the Bush administration's $66 mln campaign to promote
change inside Iran through Persian-language news, entertainment and
music broadcasts has spurred President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government
to work to eliminate Iran's democracy movement.
A State Department spokeswoman declined to comment on Azima's statements, saying she had not heard them.



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