Overview
- Network data from Cloudflare showed web traffic dropping by about one third at times, with users reporting major service disruptions across the country.
- Rights groups cited at least 17 to 19 people killed and hundreds detained, with some reports alleging the use of heavy weapons by security forces.
- In Malekshahi, Hengaw and Iran Human Rights reported Revolutionary Guards opened fire, killing at least four Kurdish Iranians, while state media reported fatalities among IRGC and Basij members in recent clashes.
- Demonstrations that began with Tehran bazaar strikes over living costs have spread to at least 40 towns, drawing in students and producing nightly confrontations and arrests in Tehran.
- Khamenei said economic demands were "justified" but called for "rioters" to be restrained, as police warned they would not allow civil protests to turn into armed uprisings.