Overview
- X implemented the Lion-and-Sun design for Iran’s flag emoji after a user request and an approved Twemoji change, with rollout confirmed by an X engineer.
- The update appeared across the platform, including on Iranian state-linked accounts, and some of those accounts later removed the flag emoji from their profiles.
- In London, a protester scaled Iran’s embassy and hoisted the pre-1979 flag; police made two arrests and the embassy later showed the current flag restored.
- Nationwide demonstrations continue under extensive internet and phone restrictions, with rights groups reporting at least dozens of deaths and thousands detained, though tallies vary and remain hard to verify.
- Iran’s leadership signaled a harsher response as the attorney general warned participants could face charges that carry the death penalty, while the UK, France and Germany condemned reported killings and President Trump issued warnings to Tehran.