{"id":345316,"date":"2026-01-09T11:42:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=345316"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:43:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:43:35","slug":"tens-of-thousands-protest-across-iran-calling-for-regime-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=345316","title":{"rendered":"Tens of Thousands Protest Across Iran Calling for Regime Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Protests erupted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=342646\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Iran Protests Hit Eighth Day with Deadly Clashes and Monarchy Chants\">nationwide on January 8, 2026, following exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi&#8217;s call for demonstrations<\/a> amid a 12-day uprising sparked by economic crisis including hyperinflation and bazaar strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demands have shifted from price grievances to open calls to oust Supreme Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?tag=ali-khamenei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ali Khamenei\">Ali Khamenei<\/a> and the IRGC, spreading to over 100 cities with reports of attacks on government sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"584\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 320 \/ 584;\" width=\"320\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/eoF8GQsYgsrWZhAv.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran imposed a near-total internet blackout that evening, rights groups noted 36 to 45 protester deaths and over 2,000 arrests since late December, and Pahlavi urged global leaders including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=7862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">President Trump<\/a>\u2014who called protesters &#8216;brave&#8217;\u2014to support the movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demands have shifted from price grievances to open calls to oust Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":345317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,7862,790,4387,1],"tags":[19196,19141],"class_list":["post-345316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-donald-trump","category-iran","category-protests","category-uncategorized","tag-ali-khamenei","tag-reza-pahlavi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=345316"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345322,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345316\/revisions\/345322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/345317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=345316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=345316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=345316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}