India, Jan. 11 -- As intensified anti-government protests continue to rock Iran, President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday said "rioters" should not be allowed to disrupt society. This is the first time the President spoke after three nights of intensified protests against the clerical government.

The protests in Iran began on December 28 from a few markets in capital Tehran over economic woes. The stir gained momentum in the coming days as university students joined the agitation over Iran's rising inflation and falling Rial value.

Over 100 people have reportedly been killed in the protests that flared up from Thursday as massive crowds of people poured out on streets that coincided with exiled prince Reza Pahlavi's call for stronger prote...