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Videos: Protests, gunfire in oil-rich, restive Iran province

Jul 16, 2021 View Original Article
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    10% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    66% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    18% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

39% : Water worries in the past have sent angry demonstrators into the streets in Iran.
31% : Arab separatists long have operated in Khuzestan, which Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein tried to seize in his 1980s war with Iran.
23% : The protests in Khuzestan province come as Iran struggles through repeated waves of infections in the coronavirus pandemic and as thousands of workers in its oil industry have launched strikes for better wages and conditions.

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