Iran’s national police chief said people who were “deceived” into joining demonstrations the authorities have deemed “riots” would receive lighter punishment if they turned themselves in within three days.
“Young people who became unwittingly involved in the riots are considered to be deceived individuals, not enemy soldiers”, and “will be treated with leniency by the Islamic republic system”, Ahmad-Reza Radan said, adding they had “a maximum of three days” to surrender.
Iranian officials have said the demonstrations were peaceful before turning into “riots” fuelled by US and Israel and aimed at destabilising the Islamic republic.