clashes between protesters and police saying security forces fired shots and tear gas. another opposition side reporting that dozens were arrested. joining us now is a ucla scholar and iranian-american international radio and television personality. thanks for being with us. the protests today, the big ones are pro-government, but those, i guess, are somewhat manufactured, is that right? that s right, yes. you have to understand that in iran what you see is kind of like a wag the dog movie screen. people are starving in iran so much that right now one of the biggest things is they re selling their kidneys. it s actually a government-sanctioned program that you can sell your kidney for about $3,000. imagine, to give a little bit of bread to some people what they d be willing to do at any kind of a rally or in front of a camera. jon: a lot of these protesters
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