Overview
- NetBlocks reports a nationwide shutdown that has kept Iran largely offline for 36–48 hours, with internet, mobile calls and SMS severely disrupted.
- Verified footage shows renewed crowds in Tehran and other cities including Mashhad, Tabriz and Qom, with pot-banging and car horn protests as state TV highlights arson and damage to public property.
- Iran Human Rights counts at least 51 people killed since December 28, including nine children, with hundreds injured and more than 2,000 arrests as Amnesty and Human Rights Watch cite live fire, birdshot, tear gas and water cannons.
- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei labels protesters “vandals” and vows not to retreat, the Revolutionary Guard calls the unrest unacceptable, and the judiciary warns of maximum punishment as authorities report deaths among security forces, including a local prosecutor.
- International pressure intensifies as President Donald Trump threatens to “strike very hard” in case of mass killings and the U.S. secretary of state voices support, while the EU, Canada, Australia, France and Germany condemn excessive force and Turkish Airlines cancels Tehran flights.