Understanding the ongoing economic protests in Iran

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published January 7, 2026 at 10:55 AM CST

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan talks with Roben Farzad, host of Full Disclosure, about the growing protests in Iran over the country’s ailing economy.

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