Hyderabad, Jan. 13 -- The Consul General of Iran on Tuesday, January 13, said that while the initial economic protests in the Islamic republic were peaceful, the subsequent incidents of violence were linked to "organised acts involving foreign interference."

Interacting with senior journalists from south India as part of ongoing engagement with the media at the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Hyderabad, Hamid Ahmadiyeh, the Consul General, said Article 27 of the Constitution of Iran guarantees the right to peaceful assembly and protest. "Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as President Masoud Pezeshkian, publicly acknowledged the legitimacy of peaceful protests," a press release by his office said.

The pr...