"Driving the news: The protests have grown and spread over the past 12 nights, with Thursday night's being the largest so far. They are driven mainly by the country's economic turmoil, which has deepened amid President Trump's renewed push to tighten sanctions and after the damage inflicted during the 12-day war in June. Some of the crowds on Thursday were openly chanting for the downfall of the regime, according to various media reports."
"Trump claimed some of the more than 30 protesters who have been killed so far died because of "problems of crowd control." He also declined to endorse Reza Pahlavi, the son of the Shah who was deposed during the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Pahlavi has attempted the seized the political spotlight and called for more protests at 8pm local time on Friday."
Mass protests have grown and spread across Iran for 12 nights, with the most recent night the largest so far. Protests are driven primarily by economic turmoil worsened by tightened U.S. sanctions and damage from a 12-day war in June. Some crowds openly chanted for the downfall of the regime. President Masoud Pezeshkian acknowledged the government lacks solutions, ordered security not to harm peaceful protesters, and distinguished armed or violent rioters. Iranian state media downplayed protest size while the internet went down almost entirely nationwide, according to NetBlocks. More than 30 protesters have been killed amid claims of crowd-control problems and external calls to escalate.
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