The protests are more widespread and intense than 2022 demonstrations

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Footage circulating on social media showing protesters dancing and cheering around a bonfire as they took to the streets in Tehran. Photograph: UGC
Footage circulating on social media showing protesters dancing and cheering around a bonfire as they took to the streets in Tehran. Photograph: UGC

For more than two weeks anti-government protests have taken over the streets of Iran.

The regime has responded to the demonstrations with a heavy hand. According to various human rights agencies, more than 650 people are believed to have been killed by security forces.

The violence towards protestors has only intensified in recent days, with the regime shutting down access to the country’s internet and phone lines - leaving the people of Iran cut off from each other and the rest of the world.

In today’s episode Irish Times producer Suzanne Brennan talks to Bel Trew, chief international correspondent with the Independent about the background to the unrest and whether this latest uprising could signal the fall of the regime

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