Clashes and confrontations occurred on Sunday night to Monday between security forces and protesters in Abadan, Iran, and Iranian sources reported that armed individuals among the Arab protesters in Abadan fired shots into the air.                                              

Angry demonstrations resumed in several Iranian cities on Friday evening due to the collapse of the "Metropol" building, which led to the death of about 19 people, while dozens of bodies are still under the rubble.

Protesters in Ahvaz and Abadan resumed their demonstrations, chanting anti-government slogans during the marches. Iranian media reported that security forces used tear gas to disperse the protesters, according to "Iran International" website.

Several areas across the country also showed solidarity with the families awaiting the retrieval of their children’s bodies.

Many protesters took to the streets in the cities of Ahvaz, Omidiyeh, and Ma'shoor in the Arabestan (Khuzestan) region, as well as in Bushehr in the south and Shahin Shahr in Isfahan province in the central part of the country, in solidarity with the Arab-majority city of Abadan.

Meanwhile, hundreds of security personnel gathered in central Abadan, closing all roads leading to the site of the collapsed building. A group of 200 security forces on motorcycles intimidated people, but the crowds continued to chant against the authorities, repeatedly shouting the slogan "Death to the dictator," referring to the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Also, an Ahvaz journalist named Dariush Memar posted an audio message from a resident of Abadan, who spoke about gunfire and tear gas on Amiri Street. He confirmed that a number of Arab locals gathered in front of the hospital where the injured are admitted, chanting slogans in Arabic against the authorities, demanding accountability.

Some raised the slogan "Leave Syria and think about us," referring to the funding of militias there and spending money on arming them while Iranians suffer from high prices and difficult economic conditions.

Simultaneously, the internet connection was cut off in Abadan and some areas of Ahvaz city, the capital of the province.