Desperate to appease protesters, the Iranian regime has announced an exciting $7 monthly stipend for every citizen.
Government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani announced on Monday that every Iranian will receive one million tomans (roughly $7) per month for the next four months to purchase basic necessities, according to The Jerusalem Post.
Mohajerani attributed the payments to the need to “reduce the economic pressure on the people.”
The announcement comes amid nationwide protests that erupted last month because of rising inflation, rising food prices, and the depreciation of the Iranian currency.
🔴 IRAN | BREAKING:
Viral videos show massive anti-Islamist-regime protests underway in Marvdasht, with tens of thousands of pro-Shah protesters gathering & chanting for the removal of the Islamist regime and the return of Reza Shah II. Share this, and support the Iranian people. pic.twitter.com/cOxnQMOBMb— Shayan X (@ShayanX0) January 5, 2026
“In late December, economic pressures drove merchants, traders, and university students in many cities to stage protests, shutting down marketplaces and demonstrating on campuses,” according to the New York Times.
“Over the past year, Iran’s currency has lost more than half its value against the dollar, and official statistics show that inflation exceeded 42 percent in December alone,” the report continued.
As of Tuesday, Jan. 5, the protests have been ongoing for 10 days straight.
One video of a protest showed protesters in the city of Yasuh chanting, “Freedom, freedom, freedom!”
Families of detained protesters gathered outside Yasuj Governor’s office, chanting “Freedom”
Yasuj, Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari Province, Iran
January 5, 2026 pic.twitter.com/eLajrmbSst
— National Union for Democracy in Iran (@NUFDIran) January 5, 2026
Another video showed protesters in the city of Sari, which is close to the capital of Tehran, chanting “Death to the dictator!”
Iranians cheer and yell, “Death to the dictator,” as two men tear down the posters of the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khomeini and Supreme Leader Khamenei on a municipality building in Sari, the capital of northern Mazandaran province. #Mahsa_Amini pic.twitter.com/glEXvlAdms
— Holly Dagres (@hdagres) September 20, 2022
During one protest at the Imam Khomeini hospital in Malekshahi, Iranian regime officers fired on protesters.
“According to Kurdish human rights group Hengaw, these protesters were among those shot when the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps opened fire on a demonstration outside a government compound in neighboring Malekshahi county on Saturday,” First Post reported.
Azar Mansouri, an opposition leader, described the Malekshahi shooting as “a disaster.”
“As soon as possible and with justice, address the tragedy that occurred in Malekshahi, Ilam,” she said. “Identify the perpetrators, introduce them to the public, and bring them to justice so that this wound can heal a little.”
Security forces attack protesters at Khomeini Hospital #Ilam, Sunday, January 4′
About 6 minutes of video taken from a high angle with the caption: “People took refuge in the hospital but they tear gassed the hospital!”
Attack from minute 2 pic.twitter.com/ucWQAChL2a— LIMON (@limondar0) January 4, 2026
Human rights groups have alleged that a total of 35 protesters have been killed and 1,200 arrested during this week-long protest.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that the protesters can be negotiated with, but that rioters wouldn’t be tolerated.
“We talk to protesters; the officials must talk to them,” he said. “But there is no benefit to talking to rioters. Rioters must be put in their place.”
He also accused the protesters of being funded by the United States and Israel.
U.S. President Donald Trump, for his part, has threatened to “hit” Iran “very hard” if more protesters die.
“If they start killing people like they have in the past, I think they’re going to get hit very hard by the United States,” he said over the weekend.
Esmail Baghaei, a spokesperson for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said on Monday that Trump’s threat was nothing but “psychological warfare and media propaganda against the country” and “part of their strategy to exert pressure on Iran.”
BREAKING — Massive protests occur in Tehran’s southern Naziabad neighborhood as Iranian protesters chant “Death To The Dictator” targeting Khamenei, and “This is the final battle, Pahlavi [@PahlaviReza] will return.” Share with force so the world can see what’s happening in Iran. pic.twitter.com/AvBzZWRDS4
— Shayan X (@ShayanX0) January 4, 2026
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