Overview
- Police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan told protesters to surrender within three days, promising clemency for youths portrayed as misled.
- A joint statement by President Masoud Pezeshkian, Judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned that organizers of “terrorist incidents” will be decisively punished.
- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei labeled the unrest an “American conspiracy” and urged the nation to “break the backbone” of rioters.
- Iran Human Rights reports at least 3,428 people killed in the crackdown, with some estimates placing the toll far higher.
- Internet access, cut during the protests, is being restored unevenly, with foreign sites briefly reachable before fresh blocks were reimposed.