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Iran Replaces Central Bank Chief as Protests Spread Nationwide
- 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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Leaning Left36Leaning Right21Center32Last UpdatedBias Distribution40% Left
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- 40% of the sources lean Left
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L 40%
C 36%
R 24%
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