The well-heeled unimpeded by the economic crisis that first sparked the national outrage have taken shelter in Van, a Turkish province just over 60 miles away from Iran’s border. 4 This frame grab from footage circulating on social media shows protesters dancing and cheering around a bonfire as they take to the streets despite an intensifying crackdown as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world, in Tehran, Iran, AP On the other side of the mountain range separating Iran and Turkey, tens of thousands of protesters are still pushing ahead with the weeks-long anti-government protests.
Author: Caitlin McCormack
Published at: 2026-01-18 22:10:53
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