December 30, 2025
Iran’s government offers dialogue as protests spread to universities
People walk past a sign at a foreign exchange office as the value of the Iranian rial falls, in Tehran, Iran, December 20, 2025.— Reuters Protests over Iran’s rising cost of living spread to several universities on Tuesday, with students joining shopkeepers and bazaar traders, semi-official media reported, as the government offered dialogue with protesters. Iran’s rial currency has lost almost half its value against the dollar by 2025, with inflation hitting 42.5% in December in a country that has been hit by repeated unrest in recent years and faces US sanctions and threats of Israeli strikes. President Massoud Pezheskian












