Iran’s prosecutor general said on Wednesday that economic protests that had gripped the country were legitimate, but any attempt to create insecurity would be met with a “decisive response.”For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“Peaceful livelihood protests are part of social and understandable realities,” Mohammad Movahedi-Azad told state media.“Any attempt to turn economic protests into a tool of insecurity, destruction of public property, or implementation of externally designed scenarios will inevitably be met with a legal, proportionate and decisive response.”Read more:Iran’s government offers dialogue as protests spread to universitiesIran central bank chief resigns amid currency slump and high inflationShopkeepers in Iran’s capital shut stores over economic pain, currency volatility