Overview
- Nightly demonstrations persist across Tehran and numerous cities under a selective blackout that monitoring groups say has cut most internet traffic for over 60 hours.
- Fatality estimates diverge sharply: HRANA reports at least 466 deaths and more than 10,600 detentions, IHR confirms 192, while opposition sources including the Narges Mohammadi Foundation claim over 2,000 killed.
- Iran’s prosecutor has labeled participants “enemies of God,” a charge carrying the death penalty, as Khamenei heightens IRGC alert status and police report intensified clashes and “important arrests.”
- U.S. officials are reviewing options from sanctions and cyber measures to potential military actions, according to WSJ and CNN, with no force mobilization confirmed; Trump says Iranian leaders have signaled interest in negotiations.
- Tehran warns any U.S. strike would render American and Israeli interests “legitimate targets,” as reports describe overwhelmed hospitals with gunshot wounds to heads and eyes and security forces disrupting funerals.