00:00massive protests are rocking iran from tehran to mashhad thousands of citizens have taken to the
00:18streets they're chanting slogans like mullahs must leave iran and death to the dictatorship
00:24but this isn't just about chance there's a deeper story here iran's economy is collapsing the rial
00:33has dropped to over 42 000 against the u.s dollar inflation over 42 food medicine daily essentials
00:43increasingly unaffordable the head of the central bank muhammad reza farzin resigned amid the chaos
00:51so ordinary iranians traders shopkeepers and families have taken to the streets at first it
00:58was economic frustration but very quickly it turned political videos from tehran's grand bazaar
01:06show protesters chanting have no fear we are all together they call security forces shameless
01:13some even resurrect slogans from the pre-1979 monarchy remembering the shah experts are drawing
01:20parallels to tianaman square in 1989 one image stands out a lone man standing in the middle of a
01:29tehran highway refusing to move a single figure representing defiance and here's where it gets
01:37complicated many analysts point to u.s policy under donald trump when he withdrew from the 2015 nuclear
01:45deal and launched a maximum pressure campaign iran's oil revenues dried up its economy became isolated
01:53renewed threats of military strikes pressure over hamas and gaza it all compounded the strain
02:00former secretary of state mike pompeo says the regime's extremism and corruption combined with
02:06sanctions left citizens with few options now despite freezing temperatures and heavy security
02:14crackdowns the protests continue key governments and commercial hubs have become flashpoints
02:20and the unrest is spreading analysts say this could be iran's biggest public challenge in years
02:27the u.s sanctions didn't directly cause the protests but they intensified the economic and
02:33political pressure turning public frustration into nationwide revolt
02:38massive protests collapsing economy political anger and the shadow of trump's sanctions looming over
02:47everything is iran at a tipping point could these protests reshape the future of khameini's regime
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