Several people of the Kurdish-Iranian city Javanrud continued protesting the hike in the petrol prices in Iran for the second day despite strong security measures main streets of the city where the Iranian security forces opened fires at the protestors, various sources in the city of Javanrud told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network  (KHRN).

Although the number of casualties has not been reported yet, the KHRN has learned that Mobin Abdullahi was killed by the Iranian forces. Dozens of protesters were also reportedly injured, some of whom were taken to medical centres in Kermanshah while some others preferred to be treated at home due to fear of being arrested at the hospital.

According to two sources in Javanrud, four civilians were killed in the city, two of whom have been identified as Kaveh Mohammadi and Hamza Naqi.