If Hassan Rouhani was supposed to disrupt the country by raising gasoline prices, why did the protests start on Friday night?

If increasing the price of gasoline was supposed to disrupt the country’s situation, why did the protests start on Friday night?

Hassan Rouhani, the President of Iran in the eleventh and twelfth governments, said in a meeting with the editorial board members of Etemad newspaper that I told Mr. Rahmani Fazli that we have approved the increase in gasoline prices, and the heads of the three branches have also signed it. However, the timing is no longer up to you. Whenever we say, you say it’s not appropriate, so you go ahead and implement it on any Friday night that you find suitable in this week or in the coming weeks. But this should be done within the next three to four weeks, and there is no need to check the timing with me anymore. You go ahead and implement it.

When I woke up in the morning to pray, I saw a caption saying that gasoline had become expensive last night. The reality is that I found out on Friday morning.

If increasing the price of gasoline was supposed to disrupt the country’s situation, then why did it happen on Friday night? It should have happened on Friday morning or afternoon. Why did the protests start on Friday night? All the plans to take people to the streets on Friday were made during the day.