{"id":8441,"date":"2026-01-06T16:24:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=8441"},"modified":"2026-01-07T09:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:09:30","slug":"8441","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/01\/06\/8441\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-protests-swell-in-tehrans-bazaar-d760507e?mod=hp_lead_pos6\">\u201cIran Protests Swell in Tehran\u2019s Bazaar,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 1-6-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIran arrests hundreds, disrupts internet as currency falls to new low and protests enter a second week. \u2026 The government has acknowledged the economic complaints of the protesters but has also used its security forces in hopes of keeping the demonstrations under control. At least 1,200 people have been arrested and at least 29 killed in unrest that has now spread to 88 cities, the group Human Rights Activists in Iran said late Monday. The group said authorities have also implemented localized internet disruptions to disrupt communication among protesters. Online traffic abruptly fell by an average 40% in Iran on Sunday compared with the seven previous days and again by 9% early Tuesday, according to cybersecurity company Cloudflare. The traffic then went back to normal, Cloudflare data shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/iran-brink-protesters-move-take-two-cities-appeal-trump\">\u201cIran on the brink as protesters move to take two cities, appeal to Trump,\u201d<\/a> Fox, 1-6-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cre28d2j2zxo\">\u201cIran anti-government protests spread to majority of provinces, videos show,\u201d<\/a> BBC, 1-6-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran Protests Swell in Tehran\u2019s Bazaar,\u201d WSJ, 1-6-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIran arrests hundreds, disrupts internet as currency falls to new low and protests enter a second week. \u2026 The government has acknowledged the economic complaints of the protesters but has also used its security forces in hopes of keeping the demonstrations under control. At least 1,200 people have &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/01\/06\/8441\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2819,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2819"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8441"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8443,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8441\/revisions\/8443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}