Anti-regime protests entered a fifth day as demonstrations spread across Tehran and other cities, with reports of deaths emerging amid escalating nationwide unrest.

Demonstrations sparked by Iran’s economic crisis have spread into rural provinces, marking the largest unrest since 2022.

The protests erupted Sunday and gathered pace Monday after the Islamic Republic’s currency, the rial, hit a record low against the dollar. Many in Iran are already struggling with the cost of living, and rising prices have fueled concerns about potential hyperinflation.

Iran security forces clash with protesters in Tehran, Shiraz and Kermanshah as opposition groups report gunfire and demonstrators chant 'Death to Khamenei' during fourth day of unrest.

Iran’s exiled opposition leader, Reza Pahlavi, his issued a New Year's message to his compatriots that “the current regime has reached the end of the road" in comments that come as protests in the country have escalated and turned fatal.

Financial pressures have fueled a fifth day of demonstrations around Iran, with at least one person killed in the protests so far, according to the authorities.

U.S. officials voice support for Iranian demonstrators as protests intensify following currency crisis, with reports of tear gas and security crackdowns.

Pahlavi fled Iran in 1979 amid violent demonstrations against his rule. Now, 47 years after his rule ended, protests have broken out again in Iran. A clip of the interview, which

The sketch mocked the contentious relationship between the two, where the prime minister is often subservient to the president but pretends not to be. It may have been New Year’s Eve last night, but on Eretz Nehederet,