US EditionProtests in Iran sparked by economic woes now nationwide, activists say
Protests in nearly 50 cities challenge Iran's regime amid soaring inflation and rial collapse, with over 2,200 arrests and dozens killed, officials and monitors report.
- Recently, the Human Rights Activists News Agency reported more than 340 demonstrations across Iran's 31 provinces, pressuring Iran's theocracy after protests began with merchants in Tehran.
- Iran's currency collapse has plunged its rial currency into free fall at over 1.4 million to $1 after United Nations sanctions reimposed in September, with annual inflation hitting 40% and new gasoline pricing introduced.
- Authorities: Rights groups report at least 38 deaths and more than 2,200 arrests while Iranian state media and domestic activist networks inside Iran limit reporting, and journalists covering protests face restrictions.
- Protesters broadened demands to include anti-government chants, while Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said rioters must be put in their place and U.S. President Donald Trump warned of strong consequences Sunday.
- Context-first: Iran's nuclear activities and past U.S. strikes frame regional strain, with the IAEA warned Iran could build as many as one nuclear bomb, and U.S. intelligence assessing Tehran has yet to begin a weapons program.
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lejsl.comAnger is growing in Iran against the backdrop of economic and political frustrations. Despite repression, protests are spreading as the very unpopular regime is weakened by an economic and financial crisis.
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What to know about the protests shaking Iran as government shuts down internet and phone networks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the Islamic Republic's ailing economy are putting new pressure on its theocracy as it has shut down the internet and telephone networks.
Iranians fight back despite internet blackout: ‘Death to the dictator!’
Iran’s supreme leader signaled Friday that Tehran would crack down hard on protesters who have demonstrated against the theocratic regime for nearly two weeks after dramatic images showed riots breaking out across the country Thursday night. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, condemned what he called “a bunch of rioters [who] destroyed a public building just to...
Iran cuts internet as protests escalate
What happenedIranians took to the streets across the country Thursday and protested through Friday morning, but the “full scope of the demonstrations couldn’t be immediately determined” due to “Iran’s theocracy cutting off the nation from the internet and international telephone calls,” The Associated Press said. At least 62 people have been killed since protests over Iran’s ailing economy broke out on Dec. 28 and then “morphed into the most sig…
In Iran, mobilizations against expensive life took a political turn to call at the end of the Shiite theocracy. The Supreme Leader warned this Friday, January 9th that he would not "recircle" in front of the movement. TF1's JT shows you the images. - "Death to the dictator!": images of the mobilization that amplifies against the Iranian (International) regime.
The collapse of the rial and the high inflation have brought traders to the streets in the largest demonstrations in three years. The desire for freedom in the face of the Ayatollás is spread from this struggle and revives, despite the relentless repression.
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