Iranians take to the streets as living conditions keep worsening

For four days, tens of thousands of people have joined marches across the country to protest against the economic conditions and the regime. The Iranian rial dropped to 1.42m to the US dollar on Sunday, an unprecedented devaluation which caused soaring inflation. The protests are the largest the country has experienced since 2022, when Iranians erupted in anger at the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody after being arrested for not wearing her hijab properly ‘We want the mullahs gone’: economic crisis sparks biggest protests in Iran since 2022