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00:30Tense scenes emerging from Tehran tonight, with videos circulating online
00:34capturing loud chants of death to Khamenei echoing across the capital skyline.
00:44The footage, widely shared on social media platforms, appears to show nighttime protests
00:49continuing months after Iran's largest uprising in decades.
00:57The timing is striking.
00:59With tensions rising between Iran and the United States, these chants signal that internal
01:04unrest has not disappeared.
01:07It has simply gone quieter, more fragmented, and more dangerous for those taking part.
01:14The roots of this anger trace back to late December 2025, when Iran was shaken by one
01:20of its most widespread protests since the 1979 revolution.
01:25The immediate trigger was economic collapse.
01:28The Rial lost nearly half its value amid soaring inflation and sanctions pressure.
01:33What stunned the regime most was where the protests began.
01:38Merchants in Tehran the Grand Bazaar, long seen as loyal to the Islamic Republic, shut their
01:43shops in protest.
01:44That act of defiance ignited demonstrations across more than 675 locations in all 31 provinces.
01:55The protests quickly evolved from economic frustration into political revolt.
02:00Crowds chanted directly against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and demanded systemic change, human
02:07rights protections, and an end to decades of repression.
02:12For many Iranians, the uprising was not just about prices or jobs.
02:17It was about the future of the Islamic Republic itself.
02:23The state's response was swift and brutal.
02:26Authorities imposed internet blackouts, jammed satellite signals, and launched a sweeping crackdown.
02:32Human rights groups estimate thousands were killed, with figures ranging from 6,000 to more
02:38than 12,000, and tens of thousands detained.
02:42Reports of torture and enforced disappearances followed.
02:46By mid-January, large-scale street protests were largely suppressed, but quieter acts of defiance
02:52have continued, including the rooftop chants now being heard again in Tehran.
02:59The unrest comes as Washington's rhetoric sharpens.
03:03President Donald Trump has openly suggested regime change in Iran would be the best thing that could
03:09happen, even as the Pentagon deploys additional military assets to the region.
03:16Do you want regime change in Iran?
03:18Well, it seems like that would be the best thing that could happen.
03:22For 47 years, they've been talking and talking and talking.
03:26In the meantime, we've lost a lot of lives while they talk, and legs blown off, arms blown off, faces
03:32blown off.
03:50Trump says negotiations over Iran's nuclear program must expand to include missiles, regional influence, and human rights, demands Tehran has
04:01rejected.
04:01The United States has already struck Iranian nuclear facilities once before, and Trump has warned that further action remains on
04:10the table.
04:12Tonight, Iran faces pressure on two fronts, external military threats and internal discontent.
04:19Diplomacy continues, but trust is thin.
04:24The chants rising from Tehran's rooftops suggest that beneath the balmy calm, anger still simmers.
04:31Whether that frustration erupts again into open protest or becomes entangled with rising geopolitical tensions could shape not only Iran's
04:41future, but the stability of the entire region.
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