Protests across Iran demand change
Jan. 12, 2026
Q: An economic collapse set off two weeks of violent protests by millions of Iranians in more than 100 cities and towns across the country. Protesters are demanding an end to the theocratic regime that has ruled Iran for nearly 50 years. Where is Iran on the Persian Gulf??
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Q: It was estimated on Sunday that 200 to 500 people had been killed during the protests. The leader of which nation threatened to “punish” Iran’s leaders if they killed protesters?
A. Israel
B. Russia
C. Saudi Arabia
D. United States
Q: Iran’s embattled regime shut down the internet and mobile phone service last week, but protests persisted. Iran’s rulers have been severely weakened by years of economic sanctions and the recent defeat of allies, including the long-time dictator of what other Middle East nation?
A. Afghanistan
B. Pakistan
C. Syria
D. Turkmenistan
Q: Many protesters chanted “death to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,” the second religious “supreme leader” to rule Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and their chants of “death to America.” In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan’s administration secretly transferred U.S.arms to Iran and spent the profits to support rebels in what Central American nation?
A. Argentina
B. Bolivia
C. Chile
D. Nicaragua
Q: Iran desperately needed replacement U.S. weapons during the 1980s war with what nation on its western border?
A. Afghanistan
B. Iraq
C. Pakistan
D. Turkmenistan
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