Iranians are further squeezed every day amid a tanking economy, an energy crisis, water bankruptcy and lethal pollution.
Iranians are further squeezed every day amid a tanking economy, an energy crisis, water bankruptcy and lethal pollution.
By Al Jazeera Staff
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Several protests have erupted in downtown Tehran after business owners closed down their shops in reaction to a free-falling national currency, and no improvement appears in sight amid multiple ongoing crises.
The collapse of the rial and soaring prices sparked the first protest by shopkeepers in Tehran.
Protests against deteriorating living conditions have widened to include criticism of way country is being governed
Many of the businesses had either observed strikes or expressed support online for the nationwide protests.
Protests in Iran are predominantly driven by mounting economic pressure and desperation amid the economic crisis.
Students have joined protests prompted by plummeting currency as government pledges to listen to legitimate concerns.
The soaring cost of living has left people struggling to afford basic items - creating pressures which led to mass protests.
