Iran: How Pahlavi’s Name Stole the January 2026 Uprising

In the biting cold of mid-January 2026, the air in Tehran’s Vali-e-Asr Square was thick with the scent of burning tires and the metallic tang of tear gas. Thousands of young Iranians, born decades after the 1979 Revolution, stood shoulder-to-shoulder, their chants for “Freedom” and “Bread” echoing off the concrete facades of a city that […] The post Iran: How Pahlavi’s Name Stole the January 2026 Uprising appeared first on Iran Focus.