Iran to the US: Stop the Violence

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The Iranian foreign ministry has called on the United States to "stop violence" against its own people in the face of large protests sweeping the nation following the police killing of another Black man in Minneapolis.

"To the American people: the world has heard your outcry over the state of oppression. The world is standing with you," foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said at a news conference in Tehran on Monday.

"And to the American officials and police: stop violence against your people and let them breathe," he told reporters in English.

We deeply regret to see the American people, who peacefully seek respect and no more violence, being suppressed indiscriminately and met with utmost violence," Mousavi told reporters in English.

He also accused the US, a longtime foe of Iran, of "practising violence and bullying at home and abroad".

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The US had condemned the Iranian government in November after deadly street violence broke out in the country during protests triggered by a surprise petrol price hike.

A senior Iranian legislator said on Monday that 230 people were killed and thousands injured in the November protests, according to state media. It was the first time an official in Iran gave overall casualty figures for the unrest.

London-based human rights group Amnesty International has said 304 people were killed in that crackdown, including 12 children, while the US said more than 1,000 people might have been killed.