Dozens of hardline regime supporters have demonstrated outside Iran's foreign ministry in Tehran, chanting against Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf over the emerging agreement with the United States. Protesters chanted slogans including "Death to Araghchi, the dishonorable compromiser" and called for the negotiators to resign, according to multiple Iranian reports. Opposition sources remarked that "the regime's repression forces are suppressing regime supporters in the streets of Tehran," but the scale and authenticity of the protests remain unverified by independent sources.
A wave of protests by hardline regime supporters has hit central Tehran over the past hours, directed at the emerging US-Iran agreement. Demonstrators gathered outside the foreign ministry, chanting slogans targeting Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi ("Death to Araghchi, the dishonorable compromiser"), Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and the broader negotiating team, whom they accuse of surrendering to American demands.
As The Zioneer reported at 00:35, earlier protests featured similar chants of "Death to Araghchi, dishonorable, groveling, and planted." The current demonstrations continued into the late evening. One protester's virulent tirade — cursing the minister's ancestors and existence — was circulated on Iranian social channels and framed by opposition accounts as evidence of deep regime infighting.
Yaron Schneider (N12) noted that the protests are a sign the agreement is nearing finalization, with ultra-conservative factions within the regime mobilizing against it. Opposition sources offered a sardonic observation: "The regime's repression forces are suppressing regime supporters in the streets of Tehran."
The scale of the protests remains unclear; reports describe them as a "mass protest" but provide no crowd estimates. Independent footage has not been corroborated. The protests serve as a public display of the fissures within Iran's conservative camp over the negotiated deal with Washington, which has drawn criticism from IRGC-affiliated media and hardline lawmakers over the past week.
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