Rallies on major roads in the capital and in Iran's second city were peaceful and not dispersed by security forces.

The unrest in Iran began in late December 2025, when merchants in Tehran's Grand Bazaar shut their shops to voice their opposition to the rapid depreciation of the Iranian rial, soaring inflation and the rising cost of food and essential goods.

Iran has insisted for decades that its nuclear program is peaceful. However, its officials have increasingly threatened to pursue a nuclear weapon. Iran had been enriching uranium to near weapons-grade levels prior to the U.S. attack in June, making it the only country in the world without a nuclear weapons program to do so.

Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst has the latest on the tensions over the country's weak currency on 'The Story.'