Overview
- Activist tallies report at least 116 people killed and roughly 2,600 detained as nationwide demonstrations continue under an internet and international phone shutdown.
- Parliament leaders declared U.S. and Israeli forces “legitimate targets” if Washington strikes Iran, intensifying hard‑line rhetoric as lawmakers chanted anti‑U.S. slogans.
- Iran’s attorney general warned participants and even those who aid them could be prosecuted as “enemies of God,” a charge that carries the death penalty under Iranian law.
- Despite the blackout, fresh crowds gathered in Tehran and Mashhad, with videos showing nighttime marches and street fires uploaded via satellite links, according to accounts shared online.
- President Donald Trump reiterated warnings of U.S. action if protesters are killed and Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced support for demonstrators, while exiled figure Reza Pahlavi urged continued mobilization through the weekend.