{"id":13636,"date":"2026-01-09T17:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/number-killed-in-iran-protests-rises-as-supreme-leader-issues-warning-in-tv-address\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T17:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:51:10","slug":"number-killed-in-iran-protests-rises-as-supreme-leader-issues-warning-in-tv-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/number-killed-in-iran-protests-rises-as-supreme-leader-issues-warning-in-tv-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Number killed in Iran protests rises &#8211; as supreme leader issues warning in TV address"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Our international correspondent John Sparks has been breaking down why violent protests are erupting in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the protests are &ldquo;growing in number&rdquo; and are becoming &ldquo;increasingly violent&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>It all stems from anger and frustration that&rsquo;s been fuelled by an economic crisis.<\/p>\n<p>While demonstrations initially started in Tehran last month, they have now spread to all 31 of the country&rsquo;s provinces.<\/p>\n<p>The revolt began when shopkeepers took to the streets over the imploding economy, as these merchants can&rsquo;t buy or sell their goods.<\/p>\n<p><ncpost-content data-type=\"BILDE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/liveblog.digitalimages.sky\/lc-images-sky\/lcimg-e140eaf6-47c4-4177-87b6-ab59e88213b3.png\" data-priority=\"10\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"576\" data-crops='[{\"url\":\"https:\/\/liveblog.digitalimages.sky\/lc-images-sky\/lcimg-e140eaf6-47c4-4177-87b6-ab59e88213b3.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":576},{\"url\":\"https:\/\/liveblog.digitalimages.sky\/lc-images-sky\/lcimg-43f9575a-22a2-4c13-8c35-320dc70b455a.png\",\"width\":640,\"height\":360}]'><\/ncpost-content><\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Iran&rsquo;s economy has been suffering for years and problems were exacerbated after&nbsp;Donald Trump&nbsp;reimposed US sanctions&nbsp;during his first term as president in 2018 and ended an international deal over the country&rsquo;s nuclear programme.<\/p>\n<p>Sanctions from the United Nations were also&nbsp;reimposed on the country in September 2025.<\/p>\n<p>But the rebellion has now spread to provincial towns and cities across Iran, and many appear to no longer be fearing the regime.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This may be the most serious challenge to the regime since the revolution in 1979,&rdquo; Sparks said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Anger and desperation spilling into the streets, the public are no longer prepared to listen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><b>Watch his explainer video below&hellip;<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><ncpost-content data-type=\"SKY-BRIGHTCOVE\" data-video-id=\"7129915\" data-title=\"Why are violent protests erupting across Iran?\" data-iframe=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/iframe\/widget\/video\/\"><\/ncpost-content><\/p><\/div>\n<p><sub>Number killed in Iran protests rises &ndash; as supreme leader issues warning in TV address<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our international correspondent John Sparks has been breaking down why violent protests are erupting in Iran. He explained that the protests are &ldquo;growing in number&rdquo; and are becoming &ldquo;increasingly violent&rdquo;. It all stems from anger and frustration that&rsquo;s been fuelled by an economic crisis. While demonstrations initially started in Tehran last month, they have now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/number-killed-in-iran-protests-rises-as-supreme-leader-issues-warning-in-tv-address\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Number killed in Iran protests rises &#8211; as supreme leader issues warning in TV address&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}