CNA938 Rewind - From bazaars to streets: Iran’s cost-of-living protests widen, turn deadly

Protests have erupted across multiple cities in Iran – initially sparked by anger over a deepening cost-of-living crisis, soaring inflation, and the collapse of the national currency – with shopkeepers and bazaar merchants in Tehran first taking to the streets. Demonstrations quickly spread to other provinces as students and ordinary citizens joined, turning economic grievances into broader demands for change and economic justice. Andrea Heng and Elakeyaa Selvaraji look at how the Ayatollah government and security forces are handling the situation, and whether the protests would escalate further with Dr Stephen Zunes, Director of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of Politics, University of San Francisco