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Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« on: January 01, 2026, 10:33:08 am »
 Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
By Emma Bussey, Fox News   
Published Dec. 31, 2025, 10:53 p.m. ET

Iran ground to a near-standstill Wednesday as businesses, universities and government offices closed under a government-ordered shutdown amid protests caused by a growing political and economic crisis.

Video footage circulating online and shared by the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) shows intense clashes between protesters and security forces in cities including Shiraz, Isfahan, Kermanshah and Tehran.

In the videos, protesters chant anti-regime slogans and confront security forces in crowded streets.

Footage included scenes of screaming and apparent gunfire, with demonstrators throwing objects and shouting, “Death to the dictator” and “Proud Arakis, support, support.”

Additional footage shared by MEK shows crowds chanting, “Death to Khamenei!” and “Shame on you, shame on you!” as anger appears to spread across the country, with a particular focus on bazaar-led protests in Tehran.

Some of the most dramatic scenes were reported in the city of Fasa in south-central Iran. Video circulating online shows demonstrators hurling objects at the gates of a government complex and shaking them until they opened.



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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2026, 10:36:20 am »
Where is a Shah of Iran when you need one?
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I'm pretty sure the only way to remove Islamist from power is to kill them and their enforcers.
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'Javid Shah!' Why Iranians are calling for the return of the Pahlavis and their monarchy

IRAN AFFAIRS: A slogan once considered politically unutterable has returned, and sounds of crowds chanting it fill the air as Iranian protests continue to call for the end of the Islamic Republic.

ALEX WINSTON  |  JANUARY 1, 2026  |  18:20


‘JAVID SHAH’ (Long Live the Shah) has become the slogan of the ongoing Iranian protests. Here, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last shah of Iran, sits during an interview in Paris in June, after the Israel-Iran war.
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As protesters took to the streets of Iran this week, amid chants of anger against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and fury over an economy in free fall, a slogan once considered politically unutterable returned, and the sounds of crowds chanting it filled the air.

“Javid Shah” – Long Live the Shah.

Videos sent from inside Iran showed demonstrators chanting openly in support of the Pahlavi dynasty, in exile since the fall of the last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, alongside calls for the downfall of the Islamic Republic. For a regime built on the overthrow of the monarchy and the erasure of the Pahlavi legacy, the chant is existentially threatening. It is a sign that anger has moved beyond dissatisfaction with economic policies or personalities and toward rejection of the Islamic Republic itself.

The demonstrations erupted last Sunday after Tehran’s powerful bazaari merchant class shuttered its shops in protest at Iran’s deepening financial crisis. The collapse of the rial, which briefly saw the open-market value of $1 reach 1.4 million rials, compared to the official rate of 42,000, transformed long-simmering economic despair into open unrest. From Tehran to Isfahan, Mashhad, Ahvaz, and Hamadan, protests spread rapidly, and the slogans soon moved beyond bread-and-butter grievances.

Crowds were heard chanting, “This is the final battle! Pahlavi will return,” and “The shah will return to the homeland, and Zahhak (despot) will be overthrown,” invoking the mythological tyrant of Persian lore. Chants calling for the death of Khamenei and rejecting Iran’s regional spending – “No to Gaza, no to Lebanon, I give my life for Iran” – have shown that it is not merely financial disaster but the continuous funneling of billions of dollars to proxy groups that the people are sick of.  .  .

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« Reply #17 on: January 01, 2026, 02:08:30 pm »
Let's hope Iranians can finally free themselves from the tyranny.
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« Reply #23 on: January 01, 2026, 02:39:25 pm »
The return of the Shah would be a world-changing event.
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The return of the Shah would be a world-changing event.

Overthrowing a theocracy is next to impossible.
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« Reply #25 on: January 01, 2026, 02:44:15 pm »
Something similar happened in Turkey last year.

A lot of people died, but the Islamist ended up solidifying their hold on the country.

Hopefully this isn't a repeat of that.
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Overthrowing a theocracy is next to impossible.

You have to kill them to remove them.
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Difficult. Not impossible. Iran is ethnically Persian, and their historical memory has never truly been eradicated, no matter how hard the Ayatollahs have tried.

I suspect the U.S. is helping covertly, and Israel as well. Maybe the Saudis, too. That would not be shocking.   
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Quote from: andy58-in-nh on January 01, 2026, 02:51:12 pm
Difficult. Not impossible. Iran is ethnically Persian, and their historical memory has never truly been eradicated, no matter how hard the Ayatollahs have tried.

I suspect the U.S. is helping covertly, and Israel as well. Maybe the Saudis, too. That would not be shocking.   

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« Reply #29 on: January 01, 2026, 03:30:00 pm »
THe world would be much safer with out the Mullah's controlling Iran. 
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #31 on: January 01, 2026, 03:55:02 pm »
"Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets..."

I'm thinkng that entire cities running out of water could make residents do that...

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Try removing the "ist" from your reply.
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« Reply #32 on: January 01, 2026, 04:36:39 pm »
A Manoto reporter from Kermanshah has sent a video of the protesters in this city chanting the slogans "Long live the Shah," "This is the last battle, the Pahlavi will return," and "Neither Gaza, nor Lebanon, my life for Iran."



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« Reply #33 on: January 01, 2026, 04:39:40 pm »
Sorry, but I hope both sides slaughter each other and keep on doing so.
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #37 on: January 01, 2026, 05:55:23 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on January 01, 2026, 05:42:21 pm
Yesterday:


https://twitter.com/Tarakb0/status/2006477496523579782
I forgot how hot Iranian women are.  Prior to the overthrow of the Shaw they were very westernized!
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #38 on: January 01, 2026, 06:59:16 pm »
Just read that Russia has landed massive cargo planes over last 48 hrs in Tehran  presumably to provide weaponry/support to keep Mullahs in power.

Could also be for a strike against Israel to deflect attention on domestic problems.
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #39 on: January 01, 2026, 09:10:49 pm »

At least six killed in Iran amid violent crackdown over protests sparked by country's ailing economy

Daily Mail
By PATRICK HARRINGTON
1 January 2026



At least six people have been killed in Iran as the regime mounts a violent crack down on protests that spread across the country for a fifth day.

Riot squads opened fire and carried out mass arrests on protestors, who have vowed not to back down.

More cities joined the protests as night fell on Thursday and clashes intensified in several places, prompting officials to send in reinforcements.

Iran’s Fars news agency reported that two people were killed in clashes between security forces and protesters in the city of Lordegan, and three in Azna.

A man called Amir-Hesam Khodayari-fard was also killed in the western Kuhdasht, and the authorities claimed he was a member of the Basij paramilitary force killed by the protestors.

However, human rights groups have contradicted these reports, insisting he was in fact amongst the protestors and killed by security forces.

Crowds on the streets chanted anti-government slogans, such as 'this year is a year of blood, Seyyed Ali will be overthrown' and 'death to the dictator'.

Dozens of people were arrested by riot police and plainclothes agents.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15427843/six-killed-Iran-violent-crackdown-protests-economy.html
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #40 on: January 01, 2026, 09:13:40 pm »
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« Reply #41 on: January 01, 2026, 09:14:39 pm »
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #42 on: January 01, 2026, 09:18:08 pm »
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #43 on: January 01, 2026, 09:23:14 pm »
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@FaytuksNetworkHere’s the latest map update of protests in Iran:

Red marks protests ongoing from before 01/01/2026.
Orange marks protests that began on 01/01/2026.



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https://x.com/FaytuksNetwork/status/2006830502720975279
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #44 on: January 01, 2026, 09:30:37 pm »
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« Reply #45 on: January 01, 2026, 09:31:52 pm »
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #46 on: January 01, 2026, 10:49:57 pm »
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #47 on: January 02, 2026, 01:27:42 am »
Quote from: Kamaji on January 01, 2026, 02:08:30 pm
Let's hope Iranians can finally free themselves from the tyranny.
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #48 on: January 02, 2026, 08:22:14 am »
Quote from: DB on January 01, 2026, 01:58:55 pm
I'm pretty sure the only way to remove Islamist from power is to kill them and their enforcers.

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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
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