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Protesters hold placards reading "Support Iranians risen up against the religious dictatorship" and a portrait of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani with a red cross mark over it during a demonstration in support of the Iranian people amid a wave of protests spreading throughout Iran, on January 5, 2018, in Paris. Violent demonstrations have rocked Iran since December 28, 2017, with protests that started over the economy turning against the Islamic regime as a whole. The wave of demonstrations, that kicked off in second city Mashhad on December 28 and quickly spread, is the biggest in the tightly controlled country since unrest over a disputed election in 2009. (Photo by CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP via Getty Images)