This is The Guardian.
Today is Iran's Ayatollah running out of road.
The protest began in late December.
People couldn't afford the basic things they need to survive.
Sanctions, war and corruption had decimated the economy.
As the protests swelled, so did the demands.
This wasn't just about the economy anymore.
People were calling for an end to the regime that had ruled Iran for more than four decades.
And in the last week, the regime hit back.
watching the videos and the pictures of the dead bodies and be looking for a familiar face.
Every single picture is breaking us.
And we feel really helpless.
For Masa, Paree, it's been agony.
She lives here in the UK, but all of her family are inside Iran.
Her father, brother, grandparents, all of her childhood friends.
I cannot explain what we go through, you know, how we feel.
We cannot sleep.
We cannot live a normal life.
Then last Thursday, the regime cut the internet and mobile networks.
Aram went into a communications blackout.