At least 29 protesters have been killed and more than 1,200 people have been detained in nine days of anti-government protests in Iran, according to activits.

Frustration and anger are brewing among young protesters in Nepal who helped topple the government. Groups of the mostly leaderless Gen Z protest groups have returned to the streets of the Himalayan nation.

Trump’s renewed warnings have added a volatile international dimension to the unrest. His comments came just days after U.S. forces captured Venezuela’s deposed president, Nicolas Maduro, following a months-long pressure campaign—an episode closely watched in Tehran.

Crowds have been filling city streets, chanting for change in Iran.“The new president of Iran has ordered the security guard not to shoot at the protester, and perhaps that is one of the reasons that this time people feel a little bit more secure,

Over the past 50 years, Iran has been shaken by a series of protests. They began with the demonstrations that led to the founding of the Islamic Republic and continue to now, as protests sparked by the collapse of the Iranian rial have seen unrest.

Anti-war protests are planned in over 100 cities after a U.S. military operation captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Tehran also increasingly cut back its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, as tensions increased over its nuclear program in recent years. The IAEA's director-general has warned Iran could build as many as 10 nuclear bombs, should it decide to weaponize its program.

Rights groups accuse security forces of killing protesters and storming a hospital in the province of Ilam. State media claimed that some protesters were armed.

The question for many Iranians appears to be not whether their political system can be repaired, but whether continuing to live under it is viable at all.