Iran protests spread to neglected hinterlands
Demonstrations over economic pain shift to provincial cities and towns in growing challenge to Islamic republic’s leaders
Demonstrations over economic pain shift to provincial cities and towns in growing challenge to Islamic republic’s leaders

Rallies over collapse in living standards rattle authorities in country with history of cracking down on demonstrators

Anger over collapse of currency provokes largest demonstrations in Islamic republic for years

How isolation, intransigence and desperate economic hardship provoked an upsurge of protest that brought the regime to the brink

President and high-profile officials among those who participated

Anger over collapse in living standards prompts protests by shopkeepers in Tehran

Iranians have suffered years of inflation, devaluation and stuttering growth