Overview
- The rights group Iran Human Rights reports 3,428 people killed and more than 10,000 arrests, figures that cannot be independently verified under current conditions.
- Internet and phone service were cut nationwide on 8 January, with reports that authorities also disrupted satellite links such as Starlink to block coordination and outside contact.
- The Institute for the Study of War assesses that street mobilization has fallen for now after mass deployments of security forces, though unrest could resume.
- U.S. media report the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is moving toward the Middle East, a deployment not confirmed by the Pentagon.
- Iranians abroad describe days without contact with relatives, recount eyewitness accounts of lethal force, and urge measures such as terrorism listings for the IRGC, asset freezes, and expulsions of diplomats.