Over the past week, massive protests have erupted across Iran.

Calling for economic reform and an end to the regime.

In recent days, a full picture of the government's crackdown on the protesters has emerged,

garnering worldwide condemnation.

We don't want to see what's happening in Iran happen.

And threats of action from President Trump. When they start killing thousands of people and now you're telling me about hanging, we'll

see how that works out for them.

It's not going to work out good.

From the New York Times, I'm Rachel Abrams, and this is the Daily.

Today, my colleague Farnas Fasihi on what's driving the protesters and why the Iranian regime has never been closer to collapse.

It's Wednesday, January 14th.

Farnas, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for having me. Farnas, thank you so much for joining us.

Thank you for having me.

Fernaz, you have been covering Iran for decades, and we at the daily turn to you during

these huge moments of disruptions, eruptions, which is what it feels like we are in right

now in Iran.

We're talking to you Tuesday afternoon at about

1.30 p.m. And I'd like for you to start off by characterizing what we are seeing on the ground

right now. For the past week, we've seen nationwide protests in cities big and small,

across different demographics, erupt all across Iran with a singular demand for the end of the Islamic Republic's rule.

And this is coupled with an external threat from the United States and Israel, that there might be a military

strike on Iran and an economy that's in tailspin, which is creating a very unique and difficult

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