BREAKING: Tehran is on fire. Massive crowds are torching the Islamist regime’s buildings. Thousands of people are protesting in the streets across Iran. As expected, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard is now shooting protesters. Protests exploded across more than 100 cities, the most intense yet, and now heavy gunfire echoes through Tehran streets packed with massive crowds. Feels like the regime’s grip slipping fast. https://joehoft.com/breaking-widespread-protests-across-iran-as-regime-begins-firing-on-protesters/ ‘You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide’: The Downfall Of Dictators And A Spotlight On Corruption: The protests in Iran that began eleven days ago are only growing. In more than 200 locations around the country, people have taken to the streets chanting “Death to the Dictator!” Buildings have been burned, pictures of the ayatollahs have been desecrated, and government structures have been mobbed. The military is fighting back with live fire, thus far killing at least 36 citizens and arresting more than 2000 more, according to human rights groups. The people are fed up with the Islamist regime caring more about arming their proxies than providing food, water, and energy to their population. On Tuesday, the Iranian rial reached a new low of 1,470,000 to one US dollar on the open market with no signs of potential turn-around. The country’s leaders are trying to distract the people by attempting to focus on a common enemy. For two days in a row, Iran has threatened a preemptive strike against Israel. But for many in Iran, they find a greater affinity with those in Jerusalem than with those in the government buildings in Tehran. For Israel’s part, Netanyahu has warned, “If we are attacked, the implications for Iran will be very dire.” Meanwhile, dozens of US Air Force refueling tankers and heavy military transport aircraft have departed to the Middle East, with numerous sources saying it is in preparation for strikes against Iran. Other countries see the threat, and Canada, Russia, and Australia have each asked their citizens to leave Iran immediately. The ayatollahs certainly understand their predicament and have deployed air surveillance radar systems in Tehran and several other cities in case either the US or Israel comes calling. There are also rumors that Ayatollah Khamenei has a contingency plan to flee to Moscow if either the protests grow or another major attack comes. These rumors are bolstered by a claim by British MP Tom Tugendhat that there were reports of Russian cargo aircraft landing in Tehran and “large amounts of gold leaving Iran.” While the news media is focused on the anti-ICE protests happening in Minnesota, there was another protest happening on the west coast that did not get nearly as much attention. The people of the Pacific Palisades held a protest to speak out against the non-existent rebuilding in the area, a full year after wildfires destroyed thousands of homes and businesses. The people there are demanding an end to red tape, fees, and other things standing in the way of recovery, as well as the leaders who are not doing their jobs. Last month, French insect farming startup Ÿnsect entered judicial liquidation, marking the end of a company that raised over $600 million despite its ambitions to build insect-based protein at an industrial scale. The collapse follows years of financial struggles, including an inability to secure sufficient funding, persistent revenue shortfalls and high capital costs associated with its large-scale production facility, YnFarm. The trend towards insect-based foods is linked to the UN’s Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”), promoting sustainability and forced behavioural modifications. They claim the aim is to provide alternative sources of protein to humans and animals’ natural foods, such as beef. However, as Dr. Meryl Nass pointed out some time ago, “Just because it is protein doesn’t mean it’s good for us.” And we would add, it’s not good for our pets and farm animals either. Nass cited parasites that could be spread by insects, difficulties in digesting insects, and common allergies to chitin, commonly found on the exoskeleton of insects. She suggested that one reason behind the shift to insects as food is “to cause emotional harm: to degrade, debase, downgrade human beings” and that beef is “being demonised,” potentially to “weaken the species.” https://expose-news.com/2026/01/09/eus-flagship-insect-farming-goes-bust/ The Trump administration’s cuts to federal funding for abortion-involved entities have forced the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) to slash nearly a thousand jobs worldwide, new data reveals. Alliance Magazine reports that IPPF has released survey data indicating that its loss of $87.2 million has translated to 40 percent of its member associations laying off 969 jobs staffers across 34 member associations, with 1,394 so-called “health sites” either closing down or canceling their planned openings.
BREAKING: Widespread Protests Across Iran as Regime Begins Firing on Protesters:
Thousands Protest in Pacific Palisades a Year After Fires With No Rebuilding: ‘They Let Us Burn’
EU’s flagship industrial-scale insect farming operation goes bust:
International Planned Parenthood cuts nearly 1,000 jobs due to Trump defunding: