
By Angella Semu
Reports by Amnesty International have revealed that at least 106 people have been killed during protests in Iran over government-set gasoline prices rising.
Following about 50% fuel rise in fuel price, people took it to 100 cities of Iran of Friday which resulted into government shutting down internet to stop protesters from sharing information and their videos online and deployed police and anti-riot forces to subdue the fracas.
According to reports from a local newspaper in Iran, government has put in place execution by hanging for the riot leaders as a punishment for causing the unrest in the country.
At the moment, Iran government refuses to comment anything on the unrest in the country and the number of people who have died so far.