Some residents of Tehran on Sunday chanted slogans against the clerical leadership from balconies and windows, reports said, a day after Iranians abroad staged giant opposition rallies in Europe and North America. Demonstrators take part in a march in support of the people of Iran by members of the American-Iranian community in Los Angeles on February 14, 2026. The demonstration comes after the bloody crackdown on protesters last month. (AFP) The Islamic Republic under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was shaken by a protest movement that peaked in January, and which, according to rights groups, was repressed by security forces in a crackdown that left thousands dead. While the street protests have petered out in the face of the crackdown, last week, residents of Tehran and other cities began shouting slogans against the leadership from the relative safety of their own homes inside vast apartment blocks. In a new night of chants, residents of the eastern Tehran district of Ekbatan on Sunday shouted “death to Khamenei”, “death to the Islamic Republic” and “long live the …