Iranian security forces fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse demonstrators gathered in the southwestern city of Behbahan, witnesses told Reuters, and there was a heavy presence of forces in other cities. Videos posted on social media from inside Iran showed protesters chanting, “Fear not, fear not, we are in this together”. Other videos showed a heavy presence of security forces in Tehran and Isfahan. Some protesters chanted slogans against top officials. The videos on social media could not be verified by Reuters. “People are angry. The economy is so bad that we cannot survive,” said an Iranian man from Tehran, who asked not to be named due to security concerns, reached by telephone. Iran’s clerical rulers have tried to prevent a revival of anti-government protests that took place in November last year, when thousands of people are believed to have been killed in the deadliest […]