President Masoud Pezeshkian ​said in a social media post late on Monday that he had asked the interior minister to listen to "legitimate demands" of protesters. Government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said a dialogue mechanism would be set ​up and include talks with protest leaders. The Iranian rial has been falling as the economy has suffered from the impact of Western sanctions, sinking to a record low on Monday at around 1,390,000 to the U.S. dollar, according to websites monitoring open market rates. Iranian security services suppressed previous rounds of protests with violent crackdowns and widespread arrests rather than ‌dialogue. Iran says its nuclear energy programme is entirely peaceful and that it has not tried to build a nuclear bomb.

Source: Daily Sun December 30, 2025 21:43 UTC