TV | Clear News | Monday 12.1.2026

Iran. Libraries. Lapland and the frost. Tuesday’s weather.

Iran

Initially, the topic is Iran.

Many people have died in protests in Iran.

Iranians are demonstrating against the country’s leaders.

The human rights organization says that security forces have shot about 500 protesters. However, it is possible that the death toll is much higher.

Information is difficult to obtain because Iran cut off internet connections last week.

Iranian Golshan Shabani lives in Finland. She has no contact with her relatives in Iran:

– And the internet is down there and all the phone lines have been cut off, and that’s the only way such a theocratic administration can do it.

Many people have died in protests in Iran.

Libraries

Then news from the library.

The library’s popularity is growing.

For example, the number of library visitors in Tampere increased by almost 5 percent last year. In Helsinki, Turku and Jyväskylä, people also visit libraries more than before.

Many people go to the library because their financial situation is bad. Borrowing books is free.

The library’s popularity is growing.

Many children’s books, for example, are borrowed from the library.

Lapland and the frost

Finally, the topic is frost.

Severe frost has caused problems in Lapland.

It has been around 35–40 degrees below zero for many days.

Flights have been cancelled in Rovaniemi, Kittilä and Ivalo. Airplanes cannot be de-iced if the temperature is above 34 degrees Celsius.

Some restaurants are also closed. It is too cold inside the restaurants.

Severe frost has caused problems in Lapland.

The cold also causes power outages, and cars don’t work.

Tuesday weather

Still a weather forecast.

Tomorrow it will be sunny in some places, cloudy again in others.

It’s freezing all over the country.

It is colder in sunny areas than in cloudy areas.