{"id":114513,"date":"2026-01-12T00:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T00:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/114513\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T00:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T00:19:11","slug":"iranians-in-miami-voice-support-for-protests-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/114513\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranians in Miami voice support for protests in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0January 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>Iranians in Miami voice support for protests in Iran <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI \u2014 Iranians living in Miami are voicing support for demonstrators in Iran who have been protesting for more than 12 days against the current government and the country\u2019s struggling economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The unrest has led to thousands of deaths and arrests, and internet access has been shut down, leaving many unable to contact family members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe reason we moved out our country is because we were forced out of our country,\u201d said Reza Kavoosi, a protester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Others say the protests are about more than economic hardship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cYes the economy is hard,\u201d said Sareh Seyedkazday. \u201cYes things are expensive but it\u2019s more than that. It\u2019s about fighting for basic human rights, it\u2019s about the freedom to speak up and to have a vote that really counts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Kavoosi said he has not heard from his aunt in several days because of the internet shutdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cAll the people you are seeing, they have friends and family and we can\u2019t even call them,\u201d said Hamid, another protester. \u201cThey shut down everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Some demonstrators are calling for a new government that resembles Iran\u2019s past, which is why many are waving the country\u2019s original flag.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is reportedly weighing potential military options in Iran, with a meeting planned this week with national security officials.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Magdala Louissaint\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/37f8699f-d0f0-420f-8dfa-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Magdala Louissaint<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Magdala Louissaint joined WPLG in August 2025 and is thrilled to call South Florida home. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0January 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM Iranians in Miami voice support for protests in Iran MIAMI \u2014 Iranians&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":{"0":"post-114513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hialeah","8":"tag-hialeah","9":"tag-hialeah-headlines","10":"tag-hialeah-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}