The Iran Protests
How did decades-long currency crashes give rise to fury and protests?
4.7 (12)
41 mins
Discover how a currency crash in Iran unleashes protests from Tehran's Grand Bazaar, spreading fury across 250 towns as shopkeepers, students, and workers unite against soaring costs and daily hardships. Explore the regime's brutal crackdowns with tear gas, arrests, deaths, and strikes halting factories and docks.
Ep 1:
The Number That Broke Iran
A currency collapse ignites shopkeeper walkouts and student rage, exposing how economic betrayal—not politics—first set Iran ablaze.
Ep 2:
When Marching Wasn't Enough
Live gunfire turns funerals into uprisings while quiet labor strikes bring Iran's economy grinding to a halt, threatening the regime from within.
Ep 3:
The Fire at the Edges
From Kurdish streets to hacked servers to endless funerals, Iran's periphery, internet, and grief become new battlegrounds against the state.
Ep 4:
Cracks in the Iron Fist
Amid regional humiliation and public feuds between Khamenei and Pezeshkian, the regime finds every option—crackdown or compromise—leads to disaster.
Ep 5:
Iran's Point of No Return
As strikes, protests, and elite splits deepen, Iran teeters on a historic threshold where no one can predict what comes next.
Discussions (11)
Wiley
Level 7 · 7 mo agoPrez on X is so cringe 😬
Amelia
Level 5 · 7 mo agoCan confirm bread prices doubled here! So sad 😭
Adam
Level 7 · 7 mo agoI'm skeptical.. Inflation doesn't topple governments, bullets do. Look at Venezuela.. the currency is worthless but the regime is still there. Unless the IRGC runs out of ammo, nothing changes.
