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Wikipedia
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2025–2026 Iranian protests
6 hours ago - Beginning on 28 December 2025, demonstrations erupted across multiple cities in Iran amid nationwide unrest against the Islamic Republic government and a deepening economic crisis. The events have been described as the largest uprising since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
2025–2026 nationwide strikes in Iran
Factsheet
2025–2026 Iranian protests Part of the protests against the government of Iran and the Iranian economic crisis
Date 28 December 2025 – present (19 days)
Location 512 locations across 180 cities in all 31 provinces of Iran. The protests are recorded in multiple cities across Iran, primarily Tehran (Grand Bazaar and commercial districts), Ahvaz, Arak, Dargahan, Farsan, Fasa, Fuladshahr, Hamadan, Isfahan, Izeh, Kermanshah, Mashhad, Marlik, Najafabad, Nurabad, Qeshm, Qom, Shiraz, Sari and others.
2025–2026 Iranian protests Part of the protests against the government of Iran and the Iranian economic crisis
Date 28 December 2025 – present (19 days)
Location 512 locations across 180 cities in all 31 provinces of Iran. The protests are recorded in multiple cities across Iran, primarily Tehran (Grand Bazaar and commercial districts), Ahvaz, Arak, Dargahan, Farsan, Fasa, Fuladshahr, Hamadan, Isfahan, Izeh, Kermanshah, Mashhad, Marlik, Najafabad, Nurabad, Qeshm, Qom, Shiraz, Sari and others.
Iran International
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Iran Protests | Iran International
5 hours ago - As Iran remains in a near-total communications blackout, three people in different cities described what they said were the biggest protests since 1979—followed by a crackdown so severe it left many seething with anger and hollowed out by anguish.
BBC
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Iran warns it will retaliate if US attacks, as hundreds killed in protests
5 days ago - Iran's parliament speaker warned ... targets. The protests which began over soaring inflation are now calling for an end to the clerical rule of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei....
NYTimes
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Iran’s Protests: What to Know About the Unrest and Death Toll - The New York Times
3 hours ago - Thousands of people have been killed, including security forces, according to a senior Iranian health ministry official, as the demonstrations were brutally repressed by Iranian authorities. Eyewitnesses and human rights groups say government forces fired on protesters in cities across the country.
NCRI
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Iran Protests & Demonstrations | Iran Protest News Today
8 hours ago - Any Iran protests or demonstrations are publicly published on NCRI. Learn more about current daily news items about Iranian Opposition protesters right here.
CMV: Western media hypocritically labels the situation in Iran as "protests" instead of "revolution" or "riots" or other more appropriate terms that have less peaceful connotations to push a domestic narrative that non-violent activism works.
This might be oversimplifying it, but is it possible that since “revolution” or “riots” could imply some level of significant success or proof that the government is falling, they are right now calling it “protest” because it hasn’t reached that level yet? Even if that’s not the true definition of revolution for example , I think a lot of the public actually believe revolution has some sort of success factor implied (even if that’s misguided) so the news is adhering to that To my knowledge, this isn’t any sort of violent uprising and is mostly peaceful on behalf of the Iranian public, whereas revolution or insurgency implies some level of violent takeover to the general public I think news stations might get criticized by using one of those two terms, and they might be accused of overhyping it, especially if it ends in nothing. It feels like you can always level up from the word protest, but it’s hard to level down from the word revolution or riot More on reddit.com
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5 days agoWhat Makes the Iranian Protests Different This Time
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1 week agoThoughts on the current protests occurring in Iran?
Ayatollah 👎 Bye-yatollah 👍 More on reddit.com
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1 week agoProtests erupt in Iran’s capital after exiled prince’s call; internet cuts out soon after
The return of the Pahlavi Dynasty wasn't on my 2026 bingo card, but then again, I can already say that for a lot of things, so I guess I'll just have to wait and see. More on reddit.com
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1 week agoWhy have Iranians been protesting?
Iran’s economy has been under sustained pressure for years, largely as a result of U.S. and European sanctions tied to its nuclear ambitions. A 12-day war with Israel this past June, which the United States joined to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities, further drained the country’s financial resources.When the currency plunged against the U.S. dollar in late December, amid persistently high inflation, merchants and university students staged days of protests.As the rallies grew, the protests became a broader criticism of the rule of Iran’s theocratic government. Across social media and television
nytimes.com
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Iran’s Protests: What to Know About the Unrest and Death Toll ...
How deadly have the protests been?
Human rights groups have struggled to reach their contacts inside Iran and follow the methodology they normally use to verify information. Internet and cellular networks have been shut down by the authorities, and information has been scarce, often flowing through a network of activists using Starlink satellite internet systems.Still, human rights groups say they have counted thousands dead.More than 2,600 people have been killed since the protests began, according to the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. Iran Human Rights, a group based in Norway, said more than 3,400 people had
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Iran’s Protests: What to Know About the Unrest and Death Toll ...
How has the United States reacted?
Iran’s government is weakened on the international stage and dealing with the fear of another round of U.S. or Israeli military strikes. Threats from Mr. Trump have been especially resonant after the capture of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, earlier this month.Mr. Trump has said the United States is “locked and loaded and ready to go” if the Iranian government used lethal force against demonstrators, but he has yet to follow through on that threat.Democratic and Republican lawmakers have expressed wariness about American interference in Iran, which would most likely lead to a forceful
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Iran’s Protests: What to Know About the Unrest and Death Toll ...
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AP News
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No sign of new protests in Iran as a hard-line cleric calls for executions and threatens Trump
There have been no signs of protests for days in Tehran, where shopping and street life have returned to outward normality, though a week-old internet blackout continued. Authorities have not reported any unrest elsewhere in the country.
Published 16 hours ago
Reuters
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Iran protests abate after deadly crackdown, Trump says Tehran calls off mass hangings | Reuters
17 hours ago - Hengaw reported that a female nurse was killed by direct gunfire from government forces during protests in Karaj, west of Tehran. Reuters was not able to independently verify the report. The state-affiliated Tasnim news outlet reported that rioters had set fire to a local education office in Falavarjan County, in central Isfahan Province, on Thursday. An elderly resident of a town in Iran's northwestern region, where many Kurdish Iranians live and which has been the focus for many of the biggest flare-ups, said sporadic protests had continued, though not as intensely.
Daily Wire
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LIVE UPDATES: ‘At Least One Aircraft Carrier’ Headed Toward Iran, Military Sources Say
16 hours ago - President Trump's latest comments on Iran suggest that he is giving the regime more time to end the violence against protesters.
CNN
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January 15, 2026 - Iran protests updates | CNN
Wheeling their suitcases through the snow after crossing into Turkey at the Kapikoy Border Gate, some Iranians say protests at home have subsided and that US President Donald Trump should not intervene. Trump has been weighing a potential military response after Iranian authorities conducted a brutal crackdown on protesters.
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Fox News
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Georgian demonstrators watch Iran closely as their own protests grind on
While thousands of Iranians take to the streets daily demanding the downfall of the Islamic Republic, people in the small European country of Georgia, along Russia’s southern border, have been protesting at various levels of intensity for over a year following disputed parliamentary elections in 2024.
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NBC News
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Protests in Iran appear to have slowed as Khamenei claims Trump personally 'encouraged' unrest
Massive protests that rocked Iran for over two weeks appear to have slowed significantly, as President Donald Trump backs off his threats to intervene.
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U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Secretary Bessent Announces Sanctions Against Architects of Iran’s Brutal Crackdown on Peaceful Protests | U.S. Department of the Treasury
2 days ago - WASHINGTON—Today, as the people of Iran bravely take to the streets to demand basic freedoms and economic security, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is taking action against the architects of the Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown on peaceful demonstrators.
The Guardian
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The Iranian state silenced protests with brutality. What now for Iran’s opposition? | Iran | The Guardian
12 hours ago - Yet again the Iranian state, faced by a revolt, has resorted to overwhelming repression and state violence to silence. The initial promise by the reformist president, Masoud Pezeshkian, that he would listen to the voices of protest as the grievances were legitimate emerged to be hollow, or quickly superseded.
BBC
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More than 2,000 people reported killed at Iran protests as Trump says 'help is on its way'
3 days ago - Trump has been weighing military ... to 180 cities and towns in all 31 provinces, were sparked by anger over the collapse of the Iranian currency and soaring cost of living....
The Times of Israel
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Mossad chief Barnea said in US to discuss Iran, as protests subside after killings | The Times of Israel
1 day ago - (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Protests sparked by economic grievances started with a shutdown in the Tehran bazaar on December 28 but turned into a mass movement demanding the removal of the clerical system that has ...
PBS
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Iran signals it will hold fast trials and executions for protesters | PBS News
3 days ago - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's judiciary head signaled Wednesday there would be fast trials and executions ahead for suspects detained in nationwide protests despite a warning from U.S.