Cleric killed in restive Iranian city, protests rage on


  • World
  • Thursday, 03 Nov 2022

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with a group of students in Tehran, Iran November 2, 2022. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

DUBAI (Reuters) -A cleric at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in the restive, mostly Sunni Muslim Iranian city of Zahedan has been shot dead, the official news agency IRNA said, threatening a spike in sectarian tensions complicating government efforts to contain widespread unrest.

IRNA named the dead cleric as Sajjad Shahraki.

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