Despite security ****** ******* multiple people in Iran during the day on Friday, antigovernment protesters surged back to the streets after the nightfall.
Demonstrators in Tehran, Ahvaz, Bushehr, Sanandaj, Kerman, Lahijan and even in some small towns and villages like Nimvar in Markazi province and Podol in southern Hormozgan province held nightly protests.
In the capital, Javadieh, Tehranpars, Ekbatan and other neighborhoods in different corners of Tehran people took to the streets after dark, lighting fires, blocking roads, and chanting anti-government slogans.