Iran's rial hits historic low of 144,000 tomans, triggering nationwide strikes in the Grand Bazaar and 10 universities. First ...

Iran protests escalated as demonstrators clashed with security forces in Tehran and Mashhad, with tear gas deployed amid ...

Protests began last Sunday as merchants in major commercial and electronics centers in Tehran—including the Alaeddin and Charsou complexes downtown—closed their shops and took to the streets ...

Businesses, universities and government offices closed under government order as economic crisis fuels violent protests.

Several protesters were killed as the government moved to quell growing unrest triggered by rising prices, a collapsing currency and high youth unemployment.

The protests erupted Sunday and gathered pace Monday after the Islamic Republic’s currency, the rial, hit a record low ...

Footage shows authorities dispersing crowd with tear gas; protesters chant anti-regime slogans in largest demonstrations ...

Remember the predictions from so many experts that a military strike on Iran’s nuclear sites would cause Iranians to rally behind their regime? You can junk that conventional wisdom. As 2026 dawns, ...

This behavioural shift is critical. Once a population abandons its own currency in practice, monetary stabilisation becomes vastly harder. The rial is no longer merely weak — it is losing its role as ...

On Sunday, protest gatherings were limited to two major mobile markets in downtown Tehran, where the demonstrators chanted ...

Some shopkeepers in Tehran have closed their stores in protest against economic hardships and sharp swings in Iran’s ...