Iran president urges government to heed economic protestsListen to this articleA shopkeeper tidies his stall in Tajrish Bazaar in the Iranian capital. afpTEHRAN - Iran's president urged his government to listen to the "legitimate demands" of protesters, state media reported on Tuesday, after demonstrations by shopkeepers in Tehran over economic hardship. Shopkeepers in the capital shut their stores on Monday, after Iran's embattled currency hit new lows on the unofficial market. "They didn't even follow up on how the dollar price affected our lives," he complained. With this dollar price, we can't even sell a phone case, and the officials don't care at all that our lives are run by selling mobile phones and accessories."

Source: Bangkok Post December 30, 2025 14:51 UTC