Despite an intensified crackdown by Iran’s security forces since Israel launched Operation "Am KeLavi" against regime targets, many Iranians continue to protest both in public and across social media. Reports indicate a rise in arbitrary arrests, disappearances, forced confessions under torture, and even executions.
Security checkpoints have been set up in cities and highways, and minority groups—including Jews, Baha'is, Christians, and Kurds—face heightened persecution.
While mass protests calling for regime change have yet to erupt, the streets of Iran are filled with smaller demonstrations by retirees, workers, and professionals over economic hardship and unpaid wages.
Online, a wave of bold protest videos is spreading: women tearing hijabs and defacing posters of Khomeini, Soleimani, and Nasrallah; graffiti calling to “save Iran” and urging “national cooperation.”