Tracy Mumford

They recently announced a plan to give most citizens a monthly payment of about $7, roughly enough to buy two pizzas in Tehran.

And yesterday, the country's internet was shut down after Iran's security services said they would take tough measures against demonstrators.

Reached by phone, more than a dozen witnesses told The Times the protests still continued, with large crowds forming in cities around the country.

They said the crowds were diverse, men, women, young, old.

Some chanted, death to the dictator, and Iranians, raise your voice, shout out for your rights.

Human rights groups say that in recent days, dozens of people have been killed in clashes with government forces.

And finally, you can bet on anything.

Super Bowl winners, crypto prices, even Taylor Swift's engagement.

The betting site Polymarket has become an Internet and financial phenomenon.

Elections, inflation, celebrity breakouts, aliens.

If people care about it, there is a market.

Roughly $20 billion went through the platform last year, with people gambling on things you didn't even know it was possible to bet on.

Now the site has sparked a truly bizarre situation that has the internet debating, what does it mean to really invade a country?

On Polymarket, a bunch of people had bet that the U.S.

would invade Venezuela.

So when U.S.

forces swept in and seized the country's leader, Nicolas Maduro, they thought they were about to collect their winnings.

But Polymarket has added a note to the page for that particular bet, saying the U.S.

mission was a snatch-and-extract job, and that technically doesn't count as an invasion.

Users didn't love that, with one posting, Everyone is calling it an invasion.