Iran’s Regime Reportedly Loses Control Of Border City After Protesters Take The Streets

Iran’s regime may soon be toppled if this trend continues across the country.

Multiple videos that have surfaced on X show a large number of Iranian anti-regime protesters taking to the streets of Abdanan in Ilam province.

Take a look:

You are witnessing a revolution live.
This is Iran.
The people reject the Islamic regime.
In the streets, they are shouting their Iranian identity for the world to hear. pic.twitter.com/kpT4EFGqer

— Hamidreza (@justchangingun) January 6, 2026

Another angle:

BREAKING: Police come out in support of Iran protesters pic.twitter.com/ygXB8ZryGb

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) January 6, 2026

One protester was putting up posters with President Trump’s name:

Someone in Tehran just renamed a street to "President Trump Street".

You've made a promise, Trump.

All of Iran is holding you to it. pic.twitter.com/bVA6UtL6Yf

— 𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) January 6, 2026

Al Jazeera reported more on the protests:

Bolder protests are being recorded across Iran amid an increasing deployment of armed security officers as the government’s efforts to contain an unravelling economic situation fall flat.

Footage circulating online showed huge protests on Tuesday night in the city of Abdanan, in the central province of Ilam, where several major demonstrations have taken place over the past week.

Thousands of people, from children accompanied by parents to the elderly, were filmed walking and chanting in the streets of the small city while helicopters flew overhead. The protesters appeared to have vastly outnumbered the security personnel deployed to contain them.

In the city of Ilam, the province’s capital, videos showed security forces storming the Imam Khomeini Hospital to root out and arrest protesters, something rights group Amnesty International said violates international law and again shows “how far the Iranian authorities are willing to go to crush dissent”.

Here’s Abdanan on a map:

BREAKING:

The Islamic regime in Iran has lost control of its first city.

The anti-regime protesters have taken full control of the city of Abdanan near the border with Iraq pic.twitter.com/chRROxogKj

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 6, 2026

Fox News reported that as a solution to quell the protests, the Iranian government is offering citizens $7 a month:

Iran’s government has said its citizens will be given a monthly payment equivalent to about $7 to ease economic pressures as protests spread across the country, according to reports.

The announcement was reported to have been made on Monday by the government spokesperson, Fatemeh Mohajerani, on Iranian State TV.

She said the measure was aimed at “preserving households’ purchasing power, controlling inflation and ensuring food security,” per The New York Times.

The outlet also said the plan represents a shift away from long-standing import subsidies toward direct assistance for citizens.