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Several Reported Killed in Iran Protests Over Economic Hardships

In December 2025, inflation reached 42.5 percent in the country as the Iranian rial lost around half its value against the dollar.
Several Reported Killed in Iran Protests Over Economic Hardships
Protesters march in downtown Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 29, 2025. Fars News Agency via AP
Jeff Louderback
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Several people have been killed during demonstrations in Iran over the nation’s ailing economy, according to accounts from Iranian media and rights groups on Jan. 1.

The Fars news agency reported that three protestors were killed and 17 were injured in a police station attack in Iran’s western province of Lorestan.

Jeff Louderback
Jeff Louderback
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Jeff Louderback covers major news and politics, including the Make America Healthy Again movement and regenerative farming. Since joining The Epoch Times in 2022, he has covered national elections, the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign, the East Palestine train derailment, and the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. Jeff has 30-plus years of professional experience as a reporter, editor, and author.