This frame grab from footage from Iran circulating on social media shows protesters taking to the streets of Tehran, Iran, on Saturday, January 10, 2026. AP
Iranians took to the streets in new protests against the country's clerical authorities overnight despite an internet shutdown, rights groups warned on Sunday, January 11, that Iran's authorities were committing a "massacre" to quell the demonstrations.
The protests, initially sparked by anger over the rising cost of living, have now become a movement against the theocratic government that has ruled Iran since the 1979 revolution, and they have already lasted two weeks. The mass rallies are one of the biggest challenges to the rule of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, coming after Israel's 12-day war against Iran in June, which was backed by the United States.
Subscribers only
Iran's bloody and concealed crackdown
