Tehran, Jan. 10 -- Protests in Iran entered their thirteenth day on Friday as the movement sparked by anger over the rising cost of living has now morphed into a call for the end of the present regime that has ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution that ousted the pro-Western Shah.

According to a post on X from Nicholas Carl, research fellow at Critical Threats, " Protests have expanded dramatically across Iran over the past day. Scenes of hundreds of protesters across major cities have circulated despite the countrywide internet shutdown that the regime imposed. Regime security forces appear to be using extreme violence across the country to end the protests...The protests have likely reached the point where they are challenging t...