Overview
- Demonstrations that began over the collapsing currency and rising living costs have spread from Tehran’s bazaars to students and multiple cities.
- On the seventh day of unrest, the supreme leader said officials are engaging protesters but ruled out talks with those he labeled “agitators.”
- Police signaled a tougher posture, warning they will prevent attempts to turn protests into armed uprisings.
- Officials report at least eight deaths in recent clashes, and state media say a Basij member was killed in Harsin.
- The protests have not reached the scale of the 2022 Mahsa Amini uprising, with reports noting quieter streets in Tehran on Saturday.