Overview
- Monitoring group Netblocks reported a countrywide internet outage as authorities tightened information controls during the twelfth day of unrest.
- Rights group Iran Human Rights said at least 45 people, including eight minors, have been killed, with hundreds injured and more than 2,000 arrested, while official tallies cite lower figures.
- Verified videos showed large crowds in Tehran and sizable gatherings in cities such as Tabriz and Mashhad, after protests that began December 28 in the capital’s Grand Bazaar spread to at least 25 provinces.
- President Massoud Pezeshkian called for restraint, dialogue and listening to grievances as NGOs documented tear gas and live fire and Amnesty International accused security forces of unlawful force.
- State-linked media reported police fatalities, including a Malard officer who died after being stabbed, while President Donald Trump warned of striking Iran if authorities began killing protesters and Germany condemned excessive force.