2025–2026 Iranian protests

Beginning on 28 December 2025, demonstrations erupted across multiple cities in Iran, amid nationwide unrest against the Iranian government and a deepening economic crisis. This event has been the largest uprising since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The ensuing crackdown, carried out under Ali Khamenei's and senior officials' order for live fire on protesters, resulted in massacres that left tens of thousands of protesters dead, making them the largest massacres in modern Iranian history. Quotes That Iran has been systematically erased, replaced by an Islamic Republic of death and destruction Nazanin Boniadi We are left with graveyards... The world must act with the urgency this moment demands. You tried to kill me, but you couldn’t… I live with survivor's guilt because many Iranians do not have the same protection Masih Alinejad Your struggle is not in vain. This moment is yours. This time will be remembered as the turning point, when the Iranian people took their future back into their hands... Light will prevail over darkness. Farah Pahlavi My courageous compatriots, Your presence in the streets across Iran has kindled the flame of a national revolution... Do not abandon the streets Reza Pahlavi Several thousand were killed... Trump's hands are stained with the blood of Iranians The recent sedition was like a coup d'état — of course, the coup was suppressed. Khamei External links Iranian revolution Category:2020s in Iran Category:Protests in Asia Category:2025 in Asia