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Foreign Affairs

TexasTowelie

(125,249 posts) Tue Dec 30, 2025, 06:08 AM 6 hrs ago

Protests erupt in Iran as currency plummets to record low - DW News

Protests have erupted in Iran after its currency plummeted to a new record low against the US dollar.

Videos posted on social media show Iranians taking to the streets in several cities. The demonstrations started Sunday and have since spread to other cities. It's the most widespread unrest in Iran since 2022.

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0:00 Protests erupt in Iran
0:27 Gissou Nia, Atlantic Council

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Protests erupt in Iran as currency plummets to record low - DW News (Original Post) TexasTowelie 6 hrs ago OP

A lot of negatives for the regime...water short in Tehran, widespread power outages regularly, high unemployment dutch777 1 hr ago #1

dutch777

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1. A lot of negatives for the regime...water short in Tehran, widespread power outages regularly, high unemployment

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:07 AM

1 hr ago

One of the reasons Israel had no problem planting spies and otherwise infiltrating Iran and its various proxy networks....they pay in US dollars and well.

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