Overview
- Government authorities ordered a one‑day shutdown of offices, banks, markets, schools and universities across much of the country, citing cold weather and energy conservation.
- Demonstrations entered a fourth day and expanded to at least 10 cities, with shop closures in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar and student marches on major campuses.
- Videos from Fasa showed security forces firing shotguns and deploying tear gas as protesters attacked the governorate building; officials reported arrests and injuries to security personnel.
- Footage shared by opposition networks captured crowds chanting anti‑government slogans, including “Death to Khamenei,” in cities such as Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz and Kermanshah.
- As unrest grew, President Masoud Pezeshkian accepted the central bank governor’s resignation and appointed Abdolnaser Hemmati, while Ayatollah Ali Khamenei named Ahmad Vahidi deputy commander of the IRGC, moves that followed the rial trading near 1.42 million per US dollar with steep inflation reported.