Iran’s Regime Still Looks Likely to Survive Protests but Has No Answers for Public Anger

Widespread Unrest Has Revealed the Islamic Republic’s Inability to Address Economic Collapse or Public Anger

Iran’s capital reflects the mounting pressure of economic collapse, political isolation, and sustained nationwide unrest.

Iran is once again on fire.

Protests have broken out in every one of Iran’s 31 provinces, and thousands of protesters have reportedly been killed and many more arrested.

This, of course, is not the first time that the Islamic Republic has faced mass protests. Since the Green Movement protests in 2009 that erupted after reformists accused then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of stealing the elections, Iranians have come out to the streets regularly, often to be crushed with deadly force by state security forces, while the world does nothing to help.

The “woman, life, freedom” protests in 2022 brought millions of furious Iranians out for months, but were squelched after hundreds were killed and over 20,000 arrested.

This time, both the regime and the protesters know that the protests are different.

Read the full article at the Times of Israel.

Published originally on January 14, 2026.

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Lazar Berman

Lazar Berman is the diplomatic correspondent at the Times of Israel, where he also covers Christian Affairs. He holds an M.A. in Security Studies from Georgetown University and taught at Salahuddin University in Iraqi Kurdistan. Berman is a reserve captain in the IDF’s Commando Brigade and served in a Bedouin unit during his active service.