Protests continue to intensify across Iran, spreading to more than 280 locations in 27 provinces as anger over a deepening economic crisis spills onto the streets. At least 36 people have been killed and over 2,000 detained as clashes erupt between demonstrators and security forces. What began as protests over inflation, currency collapse, and subsidy cuts have now turned political, posing what analysts say could be the most serious challenge to Iran’s clerical leadership since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.