December 29 – Protesters take to the streets for a second day against the government in several cities.[1]
December 30 – Two protesters are reportedly shot dead by riot police in Dorud, Lorestan province while protests spread further.[2]
December 31 – Access to Telegram and Instagram were banned following the rising protests. President Rouhani however acknowledges the discontent of the Iranians.[3]
Notable deaths
January 8 – Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, former President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (born 1934)
July 15 – Maryam Mirzakhani, was an Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. (born 1977)