A video shared with Iran International showed one protester sitting in the middle of a street in Tehran and refusing to move as motorbike-riding security forces moved in on demonstrators.
The protester was later beaten and forced to leave, another video showed.
The video had sparked some comparisons to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in China.
The Majlis’ joint budget committee voted 32–9 against the bill’s general outlines on Monday, citing concerns that the proposal would fuel inflation, further erode household purchasing power and rely on revenue assumptions lawmakers fear will not be met.
The committee said its report rejecting the bill will now be sent to parliament’s leadership for debate in an open session, where lawmakers will decide whether to return the budget to the government for revision.
The budget had been formally submitted to parliament last week, as Iran grapples with mounting fiscal pressures, a sliding rial and rising public discontent over living costs.
