US EditionIran's government offers dialogue as protests spread to universities
- On the third day of unrest, protests and strikes spread across Iran after shopkeepers in Tehran's Grand Bazaar staged a strike on Sunday when the rial hit a record low, with BBC Persian verifying videos from Karaj, Hamedan, Qeshm, Malard, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Shiraz and Yazd.
- Economic frustration over inflation and currency loss drove unrest, as President Donald Trump said Iran faces tremendous inflation and a weak economy, criticizing the regime's stewardship.
- University students joined the demonstrations, chanting anti-government slogans referencing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while Iranian police used tear gas and some protesters voiced support for the son of the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
- President Masoud Pezeshkian accepted Mohammadreza Farzin, central bank governor's resignation, named Abdolnasser Hemmati replacement, and instructed the interior minister to hold talks with protesters' representatives.
- The US State Department's Persian-language account on X supported protests, and Reza Pahlavi, in exile in the US, wrote `I am with you`. Khamenei said, `They wanted to create sedition on the streets... But people were absolutely not influenced by what the enemy wanted.
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The protests began on Sunday, when traders from various markets and commercial centres in central and southern Tehran closed their shops and walked along the streets in response to instability.
The ongoing protests in Iran startled the Mullah regime. After the traders closed business because of horrendous import prices, resistance now stirs up at the universities. The leadership wants to enter into a "dialogue" with the citizens.
In Iran, the movement of anger is spreading. After the traders, it is the turn of the students of the universities of the capital, Tehran, to protest on Tuesday 30 December to protest against the expensive life and the deterioration of the economy. Several campuses have risen and initial arrests are said to have taken place in Tehran.
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