{"id":82373,"date":"2026-01-05T17:17:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=82373"},"modified":"2026-01-08T11:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:18:18","slug":"irans-nationwide-uprising-hits-day-8-protests-spread-to-107-cities-amid-bazaar-strikes-and-deadly-clashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iran-protests\/2026\/01\/irans-nationwide-uprising-hits-day-8-protests-spread-to-107-cities-amid-bazaar-strikes-and-deadly-clashes\/82373\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran’s Nationwide Uprising Hits Day 8: Protests Spread to 107 Cities Amid Bazaar Strikes and Deadly Clashes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Day 8 of Iran\u2019s Uprising \u2013 January 4, 2026: Clashes and chants echo across 107 cities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tehran Demonstrations Escalate<\/h3>\n

Nightly protests <\/a>and hit-and-run clashes erupted across Tehran on January 4, 2026, the eighth day of the nationwide uprising, with residents chanting \u201cDeath to Khamenei\u201d in areas like Jomhouri, Moshiriyeh, Sadeghieh, Narmak, Tehransar, Valiasr Town, Jannat Abad, and Chaharrah-e Sirous. Security forces deployed tear gas and pellet guns against merchants on Saadi and Hafez streets near Alaeddin and Charsou passages, prompting defiant youths to set fire to trash bins and erect roadblocks. In Molavi Street, regime agents fired on curtain sellers, while students at Tarbiat Modares University and Khajeh Nasir dormitories chanted, \u201cThis nation will not be a nation until the mullahs are buried,\u201d clashing with forces into the night.<\/p>\n