{"id":340977,"date":"2025-12-30T07:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T06:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=340977"},"modified":"2025-12-31T07:43:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T06:43:04","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-30-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-30-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 30, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h3>\n

UPDATE: 05:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iranian Protesters Clash with Security Forces as Tear Gas Fills Tehran Streets Amid Nationwide Unrest<\/h3>\n

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Protests escalated across Iran<\/a>\u00a0on Monday as demonstrators confronted security forces in Tehran and Mashhad, with authorities deploying tear gas amid strikes and street clashes, according to reports.<\/p>\n

An Iranian opposition group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, reported that a large crowd of demonstrators marched along Jomhouri (Republic) Street before moving into nearby areas, including Naser Khosrow Street and Istanbul Square in Tehran.<\/p>\n

Central parts of Tehran turned into flashpoints as protesters and regime security forces engaged in running street clashes near major government and commercial areas.<\/p>\n

Police units fired tear gas and used batons to break up crowds in the city center, according to accounts from the scene.<\/p>\n

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Center of Power Shifting in Iran from State to Society<\/h3>\n

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In recent political discourse in Iran, phrases like “the regime has returned to factory settings” or “we must not return to factory settings” are being frequently used by political activists and officials.\u00a0But what does this metaphor really mean?<\/p>\n

And why are some analysts warning that if Iran’s political system fails to align itself with ongoing social transformations \u2014 in intellectual, security, judicial, and executive dimensions \u2014 it may struggle to navigate the Iranian year 1405 (beginning March 21, 2026)?<\/p>\n

A senior official of the Islamic Republic recently acknowledged societal changes underway, emphasizing that the center of power is gradually shifting from the state toward society.<\/p>\n

Abbas Abdi, a prominent figure among reformists, has also issued a warning, “If the current trajectory does not change, we may not easily reach the year 1405.”<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 08:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Protests Erupt in Iranian Capital Following Record Drop in Rial Value<\/h3>\n

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In a striking display of defiance that signals the deepening vulnerability of the Iranian regime, the Grand Bazaar of Tehran and major commercial centers across the capital have erupted into intense anti-government protests. What began on Sunday, December 28, as a strike against the catastrophic devaluation of the national currency has rapidly evolved into a political uprising targeting the highest echelons of the clerical establishment, including regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The unrest, which entered its second day on Monday, December 29, 2025, has shattered the illusion of stability the regime has desperately tried to project more than a year into the presidency of Masoud Pezeshkian.<\/p>\n

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Switzerland: Exhibition in Effretikon Condemns Executions in Iran and Calls for Release of Political Prisoners<\/h3>\n
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