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On January 2, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova posted a response to U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley’s call for a UN Security Council meeting in response to the recent demonstrations in Iran.,New York. -- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley delivers remarks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council.The protests that spread in Iran beginning December 28 are widely seen as the most serious challenge to the nation’s government since 2009 protests over election corruption. VOA News and other news agencies reported the 2017 year-end protests were aimed at rising prices and Iran’s high unemployment. IRAN -- Iranian students clash with riot police during an anti-government protest around the University of Tehran, Iran, Dcember 30, 2017.The Russian foreign ministry sought to equate the Iranian government response to the protests with what Zakharova called mass arrests and suppression of the Occupy Wall Street movement" and in Ferguson
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