Overnight, protests featuring slogans criticizing the Islamic republic's clerical authorities were reported in Tehran, Shiraz in the south, and in areas of western Iran where the movement has been concentrated, according to the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) monitor. The latest protests have been concentrated in parts of the west with large populations of the Kurdish and Lor minorities, and have yet to reach the scale of the 2022-2023 movement, let alone the mass street demonstrations that followed disputed 2009 presidential elections. It also accused the authorities of raiding the main hospital in the city of Ilam to seize the bodies of the protesters.
Published at: 2026-01-04 21:17:02
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