New Delhi, Jan. 11 -- Amid ongoing protests in Iran, President Masoud Pezeshkian is set to address economic plans and "people's demands" in an interview on Sunday, state TV said.

The development comes after two weeks of protests sparked by anger over the rising cost of living.

"In a conversation with the national media, the president laid out the status of the government's major economic plan to reform the subsidy system, and also discussed recent events and the government's approach to responding to the people's demands," state TV IRIB said.

Pezeshkian's interview would be broadcast later Sunday.

Iran authorities have made significant arrests of key figures in the protest movement that has swept the Islamic republic over the last two...