3 killed in Iran as cost-of-living protests turn violent

Protesters and security forces clashed in western Iran on Thursday, with three people reported killed, the first deaths since the cost-of-living demonstrations broke out. The protests began on Sunday in Tehran, where shopkeepers went on strike over high prices and economic stagnation, and have since spread to other parts of the country. On Thursday, the Fars news agency reported two civilians were killed in fresh clashes between security forces and protesters in the city of Lordegan. “Some...