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In today’s newsletter: A researcher with a focus on the region explains what’s behind deadly nationwide demonstrations and what a hardening of public opinion against the state might bring

The Iranian rial has effectively collapsed to 1.47 million per dollar, triggering a nationwide 'revolution' amid soaring 42% inflation and sanctions

From 1999 onwards, successive governments pursued a strategy linking foreign policy, state financing and the management of the country's main industry. The result was a network of bilateral alliances that channelled much of Venezuela's crude outside conventional buying and selling circuits.

Mobile phones in Iran were able to call abroad Tuesday after a crackdown on nationwide protests in which the internet and international calls were cut

The demonstrations are the biggest Iran has seen in years. Protests spurred by the Iranian currency collapse have morphed into a larger test of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's rule.

Iran’s protests over soaring prices have become a nationwide challenge to the Islamic Republic, with a deadly crackdown on demonstrators.

Despite internet blackout, a small number of Iranians are risking their lives to share messages as protests continue

US president urged ‘Iranian patriots’ to ‘keep protesting and take over your institutions’

In late December, Tehran’s bazaar merchants began protesting against Iran’s theocratic rulers over the sharp collapse of the currency.

Trump also announced a 25% tariff for ‘any country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran’

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