Protests have erupted for a second consecutive day in Tehran, as residents express growing frustration over the sharp rise in foreign currency and gold prices.

Protests spread across markets and central areas of Tehran, with demonstrators raising slogans denouncing the country’s worsening economic conditions and the rising cost of living.

At the same time, shops in Tehran’s South Laleh Zar market were reported closed. Yesterday, Sunday, similar protest gatherings took place on Jomhouri Street and at the Iron market in the capital.

Videos of Sepah-Salar Bazaar, people’s protests, and the retreat of law enforcement forces.#HanaHumanRightsOrganization #Tehran pic.twitter.com/KhP2NNAf7P

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Video footage from the Alaeddin commercial complex showed protesters calling on citizens and fellow merchants to join them, urging participation in the demonstrations.

Yesterday, merchants in parts of the Grand Bazaar in Tehran closed their shops, while most commercial activities in the Jaraq Barq neighborhood were almost halted.

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More videos from the protests by shopkeepers and bazaar merchants in Tehran, accompanied by the chant: “Pezeshkian, have some shame, leave the country.”#HanaHumanRightsOrganization #Tehran pic.twitter.com/2U6a3pnnEV

— Hana Human Rights (@hana_hr_eng) December 29, 2025

The protests erupted as the dollar’s price in Iran’s free currency market surpassed 1,440,000 tomans on Sunday, while the Iranian Statistics Center reported that the annual inflation rate for December exceeded 52%. Iran’s currency and gold markets hit new record levels on Sunday, with the dollar surpassing 1,440,000 tomans, the euro rising above 1,690,000 tomans, and the British pound reaching around 1,940,000 tomans.