Getty ImagesAnti-regime protests in the Iranian capital, Tehran, have divided the city in recent days, a resident told CNN on Tuesday, with some people fleeing amid the deadly unrest while others race home after work to get changed before taking to the streets. The resident, who asked to remain anonymous due to security concerns, told CNN that the daytime is eerily quiet before protests resume at night. “The first two nights of the big protests — Thursday and Friday — were huge,” said the resident. “People of all ages came out — young people with their parents, all walks of life, all parts of the city.”“Saturday got really, really violent, and that’s when you saw a lot of people go home and stop going out,” the resident said. But most people are just fed up with the domestic situation in Iran, the resident said.

Source: CNN January 13, 2026 11:19 UTC