Iran is seeing its biggest protests in three years after the currency plunged to a record low against the dollar. The Central Bank governor resigned on Monday.

As Netanyahu meets Trump, intelligence suggests Iran accelerating chemical weapons work while facing unprecedented domestic unrest and economic crisis.

Donald Trump issued new warnings against Iran and Hamas after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida on Monday to try to advance the ceasefire deal that the president brokered in Gaza.

Unrest is triggered by a drop in Iran’s currency, as frustration with a persistent economic crisis rises.

By bnm Tehran bureau Riot police deployed tear gas near Tehran's Aladdin mobile phone complex on December 29 as protests by traders and shopkeepers stretched into a second day, spreading across central districts whilst the rial continued its precipitous slide and the government confirmed Central Bank Governor Mohammadreza Farzin's departure.

Some shopkeepers in Tehran have closed their stores in protest against economic hardships and sharp swings in Iran’s embattled currency, Iranian media reports, following similar demonstrations yesterday.

The report said that a Russian rocket sent the satellites to circle the Earth on a 500-kilometer (310-mile) orbit from the Vostochny launchpad in eastern Russia. The three satellites are dubbed Paya, Kowsar and Zafar-2.