Iranians question French democracy as protests rage - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Dec 4, 2018

Protesters wearing yellow vests, a symbol of a French drivers' protest against higher diesel taxes, stand up in front of a police water canon at the Place de l'Etoile near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe - RC117F7CB820 — Protesters stand in front of a police water cannon at the Place de l'Etoile near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, Dec. 1, 2018. — REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

English-language financial daily debuts in Iran

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A correspondent in Tehran

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Maziar Motamedi

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Protesters from Tunisia's poor rural heartlands chant slogans during a demonstration by the Prime Minister's office in Tunis January 23, 2011. Protesters from Tunisia's poor rural heartlands demonstrated in the capital on Sunday to demand that the revolution they started should now sweep the remnants of the fallen president's old guard from power. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - GM1E71O00LX01

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