NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Iranian studies professor at an Ivy League university slammed Israel's alleged participation in protests in Iran, which have turned violent as the country's dictatorial regime fights back. "What you are seeing today is Israel instigated revolt, because there are Mossad agents in the streets of Tehran hiding among Iranian demonstrators," said Columbia University professor Hamid Dabashi in an interview with Al Jazeera...

Protests in Iran are entering their third week as tens of thousands continue to take to the streets despite a deadly crackdown. President Trump said the death toll “appears significant," and Western officials say at least 2,000 have been killed.

These were the developments on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.

On Sunday, the Iranian rial dropped to 1.42 million against the US dollar – a 56 percent drop in value in just six months. The plummeting currency has driven inflation with food prices soaring by an average of 72 percent compared with last year.

Iranian president calls for unity as protests triggered by an economic crisis escalate into the worst unrest in years.

Reporting from Tehran via satellite, Al Jazeera correspondent Resul Serdar Atas said Khamenei’s remarks largely reaffirmed Iran’s longstanding position but also introduced a significant new claim on casualties.

Move comes after Iran’s FM says communication open with the US, warns against military action.

“If only the government, instead of just focusing on fuel, could bring down the price of other goods,” taxi driver Majid Ebrahimi told Al Jazeera in late December. “The prices of dairy products have gone up six times this year and other goods more than 10 times.” · While chants by protesters initially focused on the ailing economy, they have switched to opposition to the clerical establishment in Iran.