Iran’s $7 monthly payments fail to ease spiraling economic unrest as Trump weighs military options against Tehran a week after Venezuela raid

Protests in Iran appeared to intensify over the weekend, representing the biggest challenge to the regime’s rule in years, as President Donald Trump considers ways to respond.

The mounting unrest comes as Tehran’s piecemeal efforts to address an economic crisis have done little to appease Iranians. Since protests began late last month, the government has offered words of sympathy, fired the central bank’s chief, and announced plans to provide most people with a monthly payment of about 1 million Iranian tomans—equivalent to $7.