Reza Pahlavi, son of the last shah of Iran, holds a press conference in Paris on Jun. 23, 2025. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images
Internet and phone outages were reported across Iran on Jan. 8, as protests continued following a call from the nation’s exiled prince.
Demonstrations have erupted across the country for days, initially over economic troubles. The protests escalated to calls for the overthrow of the regime presided over by Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
