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Iran Protests: What the unrest means for India, US and regional geopolitics

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Iran Protests: What the unrest means for India, US and regional geopolitics

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Key Highlights

  • Prof Tridivesh S Maini Updated : Jan 13, 2026, 01:40 PM IST While globally the focus is on the emerging situation in Venezuela and in India the focus has been understandably been on Trump’s go ahead to a bill aims to impose 500 per cent tariffs on countries for buying Russian oil as well as the remarks of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick that the Indo-US trade deal fell through because PM Modi did not make a call to Donald Trump.
  • Like several other countries, India has been closely watching the developments in Iran.
  • The protests against growing inflation – which had surpassed 50% -- as well as the decline of the Iranian Rial, which began over two weeks ago, in Grand Bazaar Tehran have led to several arrests and deaths and protests are being seen in other parts of the world including the US and UK.
  • Iran has also been witness to an internet shut down as well as suspension of telecommunications services, since January 8, due to the intensification of protests.
  • As of January 11, 2026 the number of protesters killed according to several sources was 538 and those arrested was over 10,000.
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