Protests triggered by Iran’s deepening inflation crisis have entered their fourth consecutive day, spreading from Tehran’s Grand Bazaar to major cities including Isfahan, Shiraz, Mashhad, Hamadan and Qeshm as tens of thousands of Iranians — from shopkeepers and bazaar merchants to university students — take to the streets across multiple provinces.
Inflation has surged past 42% nationwide amid a collapsing national currency, rapidly rising food and essential goods prices and widespread economic hardship that even regime-aligned groups have tentatively voiced acknowledgement with.
