Iran's Protests Escalate Amid Economic Crisis and Leadership Challenges
TL;DR
Mass protests have erupted across Iran, driven by severe economic hardship, currency devaluation, and widespread dissatisfaction with the regime, with the bazaar playing a historic role in mobilization and the government responding with violence and repression.
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- Iran on the brink? Key information about the protests DW
- Iran’s ailing supreme leader resorts to his only playbook as crises mount and protests erupt CNN
- Iranians try to access local government building on fourth day of protests, state media says Reuters
- Iran prosecutor pledges ‘decisive response’ if protests create insecurity Al Jazeera
- Iranian protests sparked by economic woes quickly spread across country The Washington Post
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