As protests spread in Iran, crackdowns escalate

Iran: Anti-Regime Protests Intensify Amid Violent Crackdown

Regime "facing one of the most widespread anti-government movements in decades."

Iran protests spread as economic crisis triggers bazaar closures, violent crackdown

Iran's judiciary leadership issued threats of enhanced repression and criminal charges against protesters on Wednesday as demonstrations and commercial strikes spread across the nation's major urban centers, The New York Times reported. Commercial districts in Tabriz, Isfahan, Mashhad, and Kerman witnessed widespread closures as merchants protested deteriorating economic conditions and currency devaluation, confirmed through social media documen…

As protests spread in Iran, crackdowns escalate

In Tehran, shops in the traditional bazaar, where the recent wave of protests began, remained shuttered for an 11th day.