Protests Erupt Across Iran As Angry People Flood

The mullahs have ruled in Iran since 1979. 

That’s a long time. 

But there are still people who bear in mind what it was like in the nation before. They bear in mind what it was like to have more freedom then. There have been resistance actions ever since, inside and exterior Iran, making an attempt to deliver change. 

They’ve had moments in the past where issues appeared to come close, such as with the Green Movement that began in 2009, and had a whole bunch of 1000’s in the streets. But Barack Obama was in workplace in 2009, so their hopes of any help have been dashed. Then, too, in 2016, he secretly flew $400 million to Iran.

The money was owed as half of a failed arms deal prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution, but cost coincided with the release of 4 Americans held in Tehran. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Jay Solomon, the Wall Street Journal reporter who broke the story.

So you had tens of millions that went to serving to to prop up the terrorist state. 

But the Iranians are a persistent people, it will seem, particularly when you damage them in their wallets and make it difficult to survive. We’re at another one of those moments in historical past where hope has sparked again in the nation, and people are in the streets, calling for change.

Nationwide strikes and protests by retailers continued across Iran, with retailers shuttered in major industrial hubs including Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, Lalehzar Street, Naser Khosrow and Istanbul Square. Demonstrators chanted anti-government slogans calling for the downfall of the ruling clerics and demanding the management step apart.

Video circulating online confirmed protesters inside a major purchasing advanced in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar chanting, “Have no fear, we are all together,” while hurling insults at security forces and calling them shameless.

Additional footage from Tehran’s bazaar districts confirmed crowds chanting “Death to the dictator,” calling on retailers to shut down their retailers and demanding President Masoud Pezeshkian step apart, as voices in the video said companies had closed in protest.

It also unfold to other cities. They even appeared to be inflicting the police to retreat in one video. 

Mass Protests In Iran Over Dire Economic Situation https://t.co/PJuCT8xELN via @YouTube

— Nickarama (@nickaramaOG) December 30, 2025

Some have been calling for the return of the Shah. 

It’s not laborious to see one of the main causes why they’re ticked off. We discuss about inflation; this is inflation. 

The Iranian rial has fallen to a new document low against the U.S. greenback. Official data show year-on-year inflation reached 52.6% in December, while average annual inflation was 42.2%.

As we reported, there are also extreme water and power shortages.

 READ MORE: The World Must Stop Ignoring What Iranians Already Know: The Regime Is on the Brink

Crushed by inflation, hovering residing prices, and a future stolen by the regime, Iranians are back in the streets to protest. In a chilling echo of Tiananmen’s Tank Man, one man defiantly sits down before the riot police. Desperation has met braveness. pic.twitter.com/TH0zWipnhC

— Dr. Reza Parchizadeh (@DrParchizadeh) December 30, 2025

I want them a lot luck. 

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