The demonstrations appear to be the largest to strike Iran since the protests that followed the country's disputed 2009 presidential election. The protests in the Iranian capital, as well as U.S. President Donald Trump tweeting about them, raised the stakes. The protests appear sparked by social media posts and a surge in prices of basic food supplies, like eggs and poultry. Demonstrators gather to protest against Iran's weak economy in Tehran on Saturday. Many reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up with regime’s corruption & its squandering of the nation’s wealth to fund terrorism abroad.

Source: CBC News December 30, 2017 12:42 UTC