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.

Iran faces nationwide protests over economic and political grievances as Trump warns of U.S. response to any further violence.

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.

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.

“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,” Professor Dr. Mehdi Noorbaksh explained. Activists have reported that a few dozen people have been killed and thousands arrested nationwide since the end of December.

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Mayor Karen Bass downplayed last year’s anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles, saying the unrest resembled post–Lakers championship vandalism rather than riots.

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.