"Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news - make a quick donation to Truthout today! Hundreds of people have reportedly been killed in Iran as authorities crack down on protests against inflation and the government's handling of the economic crisis, with thousands more arrested amid a nationwide communications blackout. The protests started in late December and quickly spread across the country, marking the strongest internal challenge to the Iranian government in years. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to attack Iran in support of the protesters."
"We also speak with Iranian dissident Hamidreza Mohammadi, brother of the imprisoned Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi. Speaking from Oslo, he says he has been unable to reach his family inside Iran since the start of the protests. "In the lack of internet and telephone communication, the regime has been able to kill a lot of people," Mohammadi says. "People in Iran simply want [a] different system, and they don't want to be enslaved by this regime for its ideological purposes.""
Hundreds of people have reportedly been killed and thousands arrested across Iran as authorities crack down on widespread protests over inflation and economic mismanagement. A nationwide communications blackout has hindered contact and information flow. The protests began in late December and rapidly spread, representing the strongest internal challenge to the Iranian government in years. Iranian activists warn that foreign intervention would increase domestic repression. Family members of dissidents report being unable to reach relatives, and voices on the ground say people seek a different system and reject ideological enslavement by the regime.
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