SHOTLIST:

TEHRAN, IRAN (JAN. 4, 2026) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF GIANT BILLBOARD SHOWING COFFINS COVERED WITH US AND ISRAELI FLAGS WITH SLOGAN READING ‘WATCH OUT FOR YOUR SOLDIERS!’ / CARS PASSING BY AT PALESTINE SQUARE TEHRAN, IRAN - JAN. 4: A new billboard depicting coffins covered with American and Israeli flags was displayed at Palestine Square in Tehran on Sunday, Jan. 4.

The large-scale poster carries a message directed at the two nations, with the phrase "Watch out for your soldiers!" printed in both English and Hebrew.

On Saturday, Iran criticized a threat by US President Donald Trump to intervene in the ongoing protests in the country that have claimed at least five lives, stressing its response to any attack against it would be “swift, decisive and comprehensive.”

In a statement on Friday, the Foreign Ministry described the US threats “as being in line with the Zionist regime (Israel) policy of escalating tensions in the region.”

The statement added that Trump’s recent remarks are “not only a gross violation of the fundamental principles and rules of the United Nations Charter and international law in respecting the national sovereignty of countries, but also constitutes incitement to violence and terrorism against Iranian citizens.”

It warned that any attack targeting Iran “would increase the likelihood of entrenching chaos and instability in the region,” and “The United States will be responsible for all these consequences.”

Traders in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar launched protests late December over the sharp depreciation of the local currency, the Iranian rial, against foreign currencies and mounting economic hardships, which later spread to several other cities nationwide.

President Masoud Pezeshkian has acknowledged the growing public discontent, saying the government bears responsibility for the current economic problems.