Inside Iran’s Protests: How a Plunging Currency Set Off Wide Unrest

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Well before the latest wave of protests in Iran, Saeed, a tech entrepreneur in Tehran, was ready for them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/world/europe/iran-protests-economy-currency-collapse.html

For months, it felt as if he and his country were in free-fall. He had spent many sleepless nights since Israeli forces battered Iran’s nuclear facilities in June agonizing over his family’s future and whether more war was inevitable. A deepening economic crisis forced him to lay off his employees. All the while, Iran’s plummeting currency was evaporating his savings.

“I made my decision to join before these protests even took place,” said Saeed, who asked to withhold his full name, fearing retribution from the authorities.

Just as the former US.S.R. collapsed under the weight of it's own to cope a failed economy and Soviet Style Bureaucracy, the Islamic Republic will collapse. There now protests that are calling for the son of the Shah of Iran Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi to be restored to the Peacock Throne. There no viable, even visible opposition in Iran, thanks to the Intelligence Organization of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IO-IRGS) which has crushed dissent. Crown Prince Pahlavi may or may not be restored, but the days of Islamic Republic are numbered.

 

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Companion Piece To The Above Article.

Iran Braces for Weekend of Protests. Here’s What to Know.​

Demonstrations that began as outrage at the state of the economy have spread to cities across the country, amid an escalating crackdown by the authorities.

https://www.nytimes.com/article/iran-protests-inflation-currency.html

Iranian cities were braced for more nights of antigovernment protests over the weekend despite an escalating crackdown from the authorities, who have vowed to quell the unrest.

The demonstrations began in late December in response to a currency crisis but have since spread and grown in size, fueled by anger at Iran’s authoritarian government.

On Friday, the Iranian capital, Tehran, and other major cities were convulsed by a second consecutive night of turmoil despite an internet blackout. Protesters chanted slogans against the Islamic Republic’s rule, lit bonfires and, in some cases, set buildings on fire, according to witness interviews and videos that were verified by The New York Times or appeared on BBC Persian television.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Well before the latest wave of protests in Iran, Saeed, a tech entrepreneur in Tehran, was ready for them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/world/europe/iran-protests-economy-currency-collapse.html

For months, it felt as if he and his country were in free-fall. He had spent many sleepless nights since Israeli forces battered Iran’s nuclear facilities in June agonizing over his family’s future and whether more war was inevitable. A deepening economic crisis forced him to lay off his employees. All the while, Iran’s plummeting currency was evaporating his savings.

“I made my decision to join before these protests even took place,” said Saeed, who asked to withhold his full name, fearing retribution from the authorities.

Just as the former US.S.R. collapsed under the weight of it's own to cope a failed economy and Soviet Style Bureaucracy, the Islamic Republic will collapse. There now protests that are calling for the son of the Shah of Iran Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi to be restored to the Peacock Throne. There no viable, even visible opposition in Iran, thanks to the Intelligence Organization of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IO-IRGS) which has crushed dissent. Crown Prince Pahlavi may or may not be restored, but the days of Islamic Republic are numbered.

Excellent news!

Russia and Hamas are steadily losing friends.

 

[skye]

but...

 

[struth]

Well before the latest wave of protests in Iran, Saeed, a tech entrepreneur in Tehran, was ready for them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/world/europe/iran-protests-economy-currency-collapse.html

For months, it felt as if he and his country were in free-fall. He had spent many sleepless nights since Israeli forces battered Iran’s nuclear facilities in June agonizing over his family’s future and whether more war was inevitable. A deepening economic crisis forced him to lay off his employees. All the while, Iran’s plummeting currency was evaporating his savings.

“I made my decision to join before these protests even took place,” said Saeed, who asked to withhold his full name, fearing retribution from the authorities.

Just as the former US.S.R. collapsed under the weight of it's own to cope a failed economy and Soviet Style Bureaucracy, the Islamic Republic will collapse. There now protests that are calling for the son of the Shah of Iran Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi to be restored to the Peacock Throne. There no viable, even visible opposition in Iran, thanks to the Intelligence Organization of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IO-IRGS) which has crushed dissent. Crown Prince Pahlavi may or may not be restored, but the days of Islamic Republic are numbered.

Good hope iran s economy falls apart…should of happened years ago but Obama bailed them out

 

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[struth]

This is what happens when you have a president willing to enforce sanctions and not bail out Iran.

 

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Let’s be clear, while they maybe Americans, they don’t believe in America

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Hang the mullahs.