#Protests erupt in #Iran capital after exiled prince's call; #communications #blackout after
People in Iran’s capital shouted from their homes & rallied in the street Thursday night after a call by the country’s exiled #CrownPrince #RezaPahlavi for a mass #demonstration….
#Internet access & #telephone lines in Iran cut out immediately after the protests began.
#geopolitics #MiddleEast
https://apnews.com/article/iran-protests-us-israel-war-nuclear-economy-ebddd998fbe7903e70ca62127250ebcb?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-08-Breaking+News
The #protest represented the first test of whether the Iranian public could be swayed by #CrownPrince #RezaPahlavi, whose fatally ill father fled #Iran just before the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. #Demonstrations have included cries in support of the #shah, something that could bring a death sentence in the past but now underlines the anger fueling the #protests that began over Iran’s ailing #economy.