June 2018 uprising in Iran

Popular protests first began with the 2017-2018 Iranian protests, when a mass protest movement and political uprising shook the country, leading to the deaths of 25 demonstrators in 10 days of anti-government opposition protests after a new budget law was announced and the price of eggs soared amid an ongoing crisis of inflation. In the 2018-2019 Iranian general strikes and protests.[2]

25 June: On 25 June 2018, shops were shut and thousands gathered in the Bazaar area of Tehran to protest the economic situation.[3] This was met with security forces firing tear gas at the protestors.[4] Protests against the economic situation also occurred in Shahriar, Karaj, Qeshm, Bandar Abbas, and Mashhad.[5] Some of the stores were closed enforcedly by unknown individuals.[6][7]

26 June: Security forces clamped down hard on the peaceful demonstrators as they protested for the third straight consecutive day in a row in Tehran and spreading nationwide like Karaj and other major towns and the Tehran Bazaar. On social media, Iranians posted videos of Tear gas being fired and chants like Death to the Dictator and “Death to Palestine”.[8]

27 June: Protests continued for a third day in Tehran, despite a heavy security presence,[9] Reuters referred to the three days as "the biggest unrest since the start of the year". Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, addressed the protests for the first time and called on the judiciary to punish those who disrupted economic security.[10] Many of the protests involved traders in the Grand Bazaar in Tehran, who complained that the devaluation of the Iranian rial had forced them to stop trading.[11][12] Police also battled stone-throwing demonstrators in downtown Tehran.

28 June: The new wave of demonstrations ended on the eve of 28 June when summer strikes struck the town of Arak in Iran. In Khorramshahr and Karaj, Rallies and popular marches continued while protesters rallied on streets as part of the Growing street unrest in other towns. Protesters also repeatedly told Radio Farna that Merchants had shut down markets in the city of Arak.[13]

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