
A photograph released by Iranian state media showing shops in Tehran on Dec. 30 that were closed after protests.

A photograph released by Iranian state media showing shops in Tehran on Dec. 30 that were closed after protests.

Tehran on Wednesday as businesses, universities and most government offices were told to close.

Officials have said Iranβs supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been sheltering at a bunker and refraining from electronic communication to prevent assassination attempts against him.