Reports suggest growing protests in Iran

伊朗抗议活动日益加剧

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2026-01-10

47 分钟
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Mass protests across Iran: but how will the authorities respond? We hear from the BBC Persian Service, where journalists are trying to monitor events amid an information blackout, and discuss Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's options with Iranian-American journalist Hooman Majd. Also in the programme: Colombian President Gustavo Petro's views on United States policy in Latin America; and Elon Musk's former partner Ashley St Clair explains her concerns about sexualised images made by the Grok AI chatbot on X, formerly known as Twitter. (Photo: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, taken on 3 Jan 2026; Credit: IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER OFFICE HANDOUT/EPA/Shutterstock)
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  • Listen to the global story on bbc.com or wherever you get your podcasts Hello and welcome to news after the BBC World Service.

  • We're coming to you live from London.

  • I'm James Menendez in a moment We'll have the latest from Iran where nationwide protests against the government are continuing Also,

  • coming up later,

  • there's been an outcry over an AI feature on Elon Musk's ex that generates sexualized images of users without their consent.

  • The UK government's calling for swift action will speak to one of those whose image was manipulated.

  • She's the mother of one of Musk's children.

  • people found photos of me at 14 years old that they undressed put into a bikini.

  • Other photos of me where I had a high neckline as an adult with my son's backpack in the background.

  • I was stripped where I look basically nude bent over and many of these still remain up on the platform.

  • That interview with Ashley Sinclair coming up in half an hour.

  • But we are going to begin in Iran and growing fears that the response of the authorities to huge nationwide protests may be about to turn very bloody indeed.

  • There have already been clashes between the demonstrators and security forces.

  • It's thought that nearly 50 people have been killed since the unrest began almost two weeks ago.

  • But in many places, and as far as we can tell because there is an internet blackout in place,

  • crowds have been allowed to gather relatively unimpeded and their numbers have been swelling.

  • On Thursday night, it was reported that hundreds of thousands of people were excuse me,

  • were out on the streets.

  • This was footage verified by BBC Persian in the city of Camille in the southwest of the country.