{"id":55424,"date":"2025-12-29T17:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T22:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/join-your-fellow-citizens-in-the-streets\/29\/12\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T17:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T22:05:11","slug":"join-your-fellow-citizens-in-the-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/join-your-fellow-citizens-in-the-streets\/29\/12\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Join your fellow citizens in the streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Reza Pahlavi backed protests spreading across Iran, calling on all segments of society and security forces to join demonstrators as strikes and rallies grow amid a deepening economic crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/irans-crown-prince-slams-islamic-104941423.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi<\/a> backed the protests erupting throughout <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/netanyahu-meets-rubio-mar-lago-171633386.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Iran;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Iran<\/a> on Monday with a message to his followers on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI send my greetings to you, the bazaar merchants, and the people who have taken the streets into their own hands,\u201d the prince stated in a video message.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAs long as this regime remains in power, the country\u2019s economic situation will continue to deteriorate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cToday is a time for greater solidarity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI call on all segments of society to join your fellow citizens in the streets and raise your voices demanding the downfall of this system.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Protestors chanted &#8216;Pahlavi will return&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Protests began on Sunday when the bazaari (merchant class) closed their shops and took to the streets after Iran\u2019s economic crisis deepened, with $1 resching 1.4 million rials market value (42,000 rials official value).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The economic situation in the country has been declining for months, and reached a peak on Sunday. Monday saw protests spread as the bazaari held a strike in several districts in Tehran, before protestors took to the streets in other cities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Further protests have been recorded in Ahvaz, Hamadan, Qeshm, and Mashhad, among others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Videos of protests shared from within Iran show the crowds chanting support for Pahlavi, with cries such as \u201cPahlavi will return.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There have also been calls for the death of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/protests-erupt-across-iran-collapsing-170345166.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei<\/a> and disgust for his policy of supporting Iranian proxies with billions of dollars, while the Iranian economy suffers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cNo to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/first-message-spokesperson-hamas-admits-161228979.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gaza;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gaza<\/a>, No to Lebanon. I give my life for Iran,\u201d was among the chants heard<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As reports also emerged of security forces firing tear gas on protesters, Pahlavi reserved part of his message for that element of the regime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cMy special message to the security and law enforcement forces: this regime is collapsing. Do not stand against the people. Join the people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe will prevail because justice is on our side, and because we are united and speaking with one voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/iran-crown-prince-reza-pahlavi-213145770.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reza Pahlavi backed protests spreading across Iran, calling on all segments of society and security forces to join demonstrators as strikes and<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/join-your-fellow-citizens-in-the-streets\/29\/12\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/c4e7691df08863d3473d97256c2bd342","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55424"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}