{"id":83166,"date":"2026-01-05T17:02:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=83166"},"modified":"2026-01-05T17:02:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:02:29","slug":"protests-and-us-warnings-shake-iran-at-its-weakest-point-in-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/05\/protests-and-us-warnings-shake-iran-at-its-weakest-point-in-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests and US warnings shake Iran at its weakest point in years"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/999\/cpsprodpb\/7f1c\/live\/44966db0-ea39-11f0-a422-4ba8a094a8fa.jpg\" alt=\"A cloud of tear gas floats across a road as cars and motorcycles pass through it, in Tehran (25\/12\/25)\" width=\"621\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Iran is no stranger to street protests, but several factors surrounding the current unrest make it very serious. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cn564q0vgvxo\">Read More<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Iran is no stranger to street protests, but several factors surrounding the current unrest make it very serious. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83166","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/female-protester-iran.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83167,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83166\/revisions\/83167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}