Iran’s 2026 protests erupted after a prolonged period of planned cuts to water and electricity, successive closures of educational and commercial centres, and deadly air pollution in major cities. Factors such as the surge in the dollar rate, the steep rise in prices of goods and services, and discontent with the political system are frequently cited causes for the unrest – but these don’t paint the entire picture.Iran is confronting multifaceted climatic destruction in which environmental disasters combined with political ineffectiveness are reaching crisis point.This time, the issue goes beyond ‘how to live’ and becomes a matter of ‘how to survive’. What is playing out on the streets today is an alliance between a middle class that has lost its future in the economy and the poor who see their lives at risk in a devastated landscape. Do you think that Iran’s protests are externally funded ?

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