Thousands of Iranians have stagedacross cities including Tehran, Isfahan, Kerman and Ahvaz, denouncing corruption, unpaid wages and collapsing public services. Demonstrators said their anger was directed not at individual officials but at the clerical system led by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The unrest underscored Iran’s worsening economic crisis and growing rejection of the ruling regime. Being a member of a religious minority and someone who does not support Hezbollah, Firas Hamdan was an unlikely man to take…
Source: OCCRP, 2025-09-02; https://www.occrp.org/en/news/iranians-protest-corruption-unpaid-wages-and-failing-services