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Story summary
- The rial's depreciation has intensified protests across Iran, triggering widespread unrest.
- Demonstrations began in Tehran's mobile phone market and spread to other provinces, with shopkeepers closing shops.
- A member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed, the first security-forces fatality.
- President Masoud Pezeshkian's government seeks dialogue as inflation reaches 52% and basics become unaffordable.
- Authorities reported arrests as clashes occurred in Tehran, with security forces using tear gas.
