Economic Ruin and State Violence Trigger Iran Protests – NCRI

Bakers rally outside Tehran Governor’s Office against the Nanino system – July 13, 2025 While Iran’s regime attempts to project an image of stability, the reality on the streets reveals a regime systematically crushing its people’s livelihoods while violently suppressing any dissent. The recent convergence of widespread economic protests and raw fury over state-sanctioned killings demonstrates that these are not isolated incidents of discontent. Rather, they are the interconnected symptoms of a collapsing theocracy, fueling a unified, nationwide rejection of the ruling establishment in its entirety. The regime’s policies are simultaneously creating an economic tinderbox and murdering its youth. Instead of instilling fear, this dual-front assault is galvanizing the Iranian people, turning every local protest into a potential flashpoint for a larger uprising. The Economic Tinderbox: A Deliberate War on Livelihoods More images of protest rally by bakers in Tehran, protesting the destructive results of the state-run Nanino bread and floud management system.#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/eBSO51gSYf — People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) July 13, 2025 Across Iran, the regime’s economic policies are provoking open defiance. In the capital, Tehran, bakers held protests on July 12, outraged by the dysfunctional “Nanino” subsidy system and new, arbitrary regulations requiring every individual worker
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