From The Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story.

I'm Manvine Rana.

Imagine the price of bread more than doubling.

The rest of your food bill, shooting up by 70% while your

wages seemed to be worth less than ever before. It was this backdrop of hyperinflation and the

currency plummeting to a record low that finally forced shopkeepers and merchants in Tehran out onto the streets in furious protest.

What started at the end of December as a demonstration in the bazaars of Iran's capital quickly spread as mass protests broke out across the country.

For more than two weeks, tens of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets, while government militias

have launched a violent crackdown, killing hundreds of demonstrators. One protester spoke to the

Times on condition of anonymity. Her words are voiced by a producer. You cannot imagine how scary these people are.

When you see them face to face, they try to reach for you.

They attack you.

But we don't have anything to lose anymore.

I cannot stand breathing in the same air, sharing the same air with them anymore.

Despite the government crackdown and a nationwide internet blackout, the protests are continuing.

Could this be the beginning of the end of the Iranian regime? Will the US and Israel intervene? And what would change look like in Iran? I'm The story today, inside the Iranian protests.

The story today, inside the Iranian protests. My name's Gabrielle Weiner. I've been covering the Middle East for the times since around October the 7th really, when everything changed with the Hamasataks on Israel.

And I've been living in the region in different

places for over a decade. So I've been covering this for a long time. Gabi, the protests in Iran

have been building since they began on December the 28th gives a sense of the scale of them right now.

I think when we look at the scale, we can look at previous demonstrations,

but we can also look at how it's grown over the past two weeks.

...