Iranian demonstrators gather in a street during a protest over the collapse of the currency’s value, in Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2026. Stringer/WANA (West Asia News Agency via Reuters
The protest movement in Iran appears to have abated at least for now, according to a U.S. think tank and research group in a recent update.
The Institute for the Study of War said that as of Thursday, the Iranian regime’s “pervasive securitization measures and violent crackdown on protests appear to have suppressed protest activity for now,” adding that it “recorded zero protests” on that day.
