For four days, tens of thousands of people have joined marches across Iran to protest against economic conditions and the regime. The Iranian rial dropped to 1.42m to the US dollar on Sunday, an unprecedented devaluation which sent inflation soaring. The protests are the country's largest since 2022, when Iranians erupted in anger at the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody after being arrested for not wearing her hijab properly

Source: The Guardian January 01, 2026 14:28 UTC