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Widespread discontent over the cratering economy, years of mass protests rocking the country, and tensions with the West over Tehran's nuclear program and Iran's support for Russia in its war on ...
] On 14 February 2021, nationwide protests erupted in protest against an insufficient pension for retirees, fueled by inflation rates reaching 45%, [6] demanding justice over the deaths of 1500 during the 2019–2020 Iranian protests and an end to poverty. [citation needed] Iran's Stock Market Exchange bubble finally burst on 24 January.
18 January – At least 150 people are injured by a magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Khoy, Khoy County, West Azerbaijan. [1]19 January – Iran and South Korea summon each others' ambassadors in a deepening dispute between the countries, after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called Iran "the enemy of the United Arab Emirates" while addressing South Korean troops stationed there.
The government's response to the protests and its "brutal and disproportionate use of force against peaceful protesters and children" was widely condemned, [30] but Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed the unrest as "riots" and part of a "hybrid war" against Iran created by foreign enemy states and dissidents abroad.
Amnesty International said on Tuesday that more than 100 protestors had been killed in 21 cities in Iran during unrest that broke out over a rise in fuel prices last week. Snipers have shot into ...
Iran's clerical rulers are clamping down on dissent ahead of the anniversary of the death of a young woman in morality police custody, fearing a revival of nationwide protests that rocked the ...
Protests in the cities of Shahr-e Kord in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province grew to 200 persons on the night of 12 May, with social media reports indicating that unrest had spread further to the cities of Ardabil, Rasht, and Iranshahr. [38] By 24 May, protests had spread to 40 cities and towns across Iran. [39]
Making the main weekly sermon in Tehran for the first time since 2012, with Iran and its clerical rulers under pressure at home and abroad, Khamenei is also expected to blame "enemies", usually a ...