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Video shows night-time unrest in Tehran on January 8, 2026, near Hafte Tir Square, with crowds gathering and gunfire audible as a vehicle burns. It also includes January 14 pool footage of Iran’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei visiting a Tehran prison and calling for rapid action against those accused of violence, alongside Reuters interview clips with Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, warning the authorities could “use or abuse” the judicial process to fast-track prosecutions and issue execution sentences.

Ghaemi says more than 16,000 people are in detention and argues the unrest is fueled by deepening economic hardship, describing it as “an uprising of the hungry” as basic necessities become unaffordable. The video also shows solidarity protests in London on January 12, with demonstrators waving pre-1979 Iranian flags and chanting outside Iran’s embassy. The report notes heightened regional tensions, with U.S. precautionary moves and concerns among officials that further escalation remains possible as protests continue.