It fell to Masoud Pezeshkian, a former heart surgeon who is now the reformist president of Iran, to pass on the message that had been resounding on the streets of Tehran for two days.
The regime would do well to pay heed, Pezeshkian said, to protests that erupted in the capital over the country’s deepening economic woes.
They should also pay attention to where the demonstrations began, Iranian exiles add, and the images of defiance that seem to have put a regime, at least for a moment, on the back foot.
A teenager from Iran sent me these videos with this message:
“I was terrified while filming them. Please share them and show the world that we, the people of Iran, do not want this regime.”The protests in Iran began in Tehran and are now spreading to cities across the country.… pic.twitter.com/4xu2S5vh86
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) December 29, 2025
Big protests against the Islamic regime in Iran. These people could be convicted under Labour's proposed "Islamophobia laws". pic.twitter.com/eYY6zrl6WL
— Leo Kearse – on YouTube & touring (@LeoKearse) December 29, 2025
Protests are erupting across Iran against Khamenei’s terrorist regime. Despite attempts to suppress the demonstrations, the movement keeps growing.
After 46 years of oppression and executions, Iranians deserve freedom and peace.
I stand with the great people of Iran. Do you? pic.twitter.com/1KZ4hnUyvv
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) December 30, 2025
