Friday, Jan. 5, 2018

The Daily

• Episode: Friday, Jan. 5, 2018
• Website: The Daily
• Feed URL: http://rss.art19.com/the-daily
• Duration: 00:23:05
• Published: 2018-01-05 12:00

After eight days, the largest protests in Iran in years appear to be winding down, calmed, at least in part, by the government. But a closer look at what ignited the outrage in the first place suggests that the country’s president may have lit the match. Guest: Thomas Erdbrink, the Tehran bureau chief for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.