Protests in Iran are predominantly driven by mounting economic pressure and desperation amid the economic crisis.
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The protests in Iran started on a cold December day after several merchants at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, along Jomhouri [Republic] Avenue, closed their shops in protest.
They grew weary of watching the Iranian national currency, the rial, continue to plummet. It had already lost nearly half of its value over the past year, which means the merchants were losing daily, and their financial loss was only increasing by the day.
