Traders and merchants are demonstrating in the streets against the economic situation and the struggling Iranian currency on Monday in Tehran. (Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
For the past six days, Iran has been rocked by popular uprisings whose outcome remains highly uncertain.In the context of a severe economic crisis, worsened by the reinstatement of U.N. sanctions against the Tehran regime in September, the demonstrations initially targeted hyperinflation and its government management at the expense of the population’s interests.Later spreading to about 10 cities, the gatherings have been marked by police violence, which has already left six dead, including five civilians, and around thirty people have been arrested.U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday on his X account that the United States was "ready to intervene if Iranian regime forces shot at protesters."Meanwhile, Ali Shamkhani, senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and former head of the country's main...
For the past six days, Iran has been rocked by popular uprisings whose outcome remains highly uncertain.In the context of a severe economic crisis, worsened by the reinstatement of U.N. sanctions against the Tehran regime in September, the demonstrations initially targeted hyperinflation and its government management at the expense of the population’s interests.Later spreading to about 10 cities, the gatherings have been marked by police violence, which has already left six dead, including five civilians, and around thirty people have been arrested.U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday on his X account that the United States was "ready to intervene if Iranian regime forces shot at protesters."Meanwhile, Ali Shamkhani, senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and former head of the country's...
