Overview
- NetBlocks and Cloudflare reported a near-complete shutdown of internet access, with connectivity and phone lines severely disrupted across the country.
- Large crowds gathered Thursday night on Tehran’s Ayatollah-Kashani Boulevard, with additional sizable protests reported in Mashhad and Tabriz as security forces used tear gas.
- Activist tallies diverge: Iran Human Rights reports at least 45 protesters killed, including eight minors, while HRANA cites at least 38 dead and about 2,200 detained; official media report 21 dead, including security personnel.
- Iranian outlets reported a police colonel fatally stabbed near Tehran and two security personnel killed in Lordegan, underscoring rising clashes.
- Exiled figure Reza Pahlavi urged evening rallies and a general strike that saw Kurdish-area shop closures, as President Massud Peseschkian called for restraint toward peaceful demonstrators and President Donald Trump warned Tehran against killing protesters.