Overview
- Demonstrations continued in Tehran and Mashhad into early Sunday, with videos showing crowds despite near-total internet and international phone shutdowns.
- Rights monitors say at least 116 people have been killed and about 2,600 arrested since the unrest began on December 28, figures that are hard to verify under the blackout.
- In a charged parliamentary session, Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said U.S. and Israeli forces would be considered legitimate targets if Washington attacks Iran.
- Legal threats intensified as Attorney General Mohammad Movahedi Azad warned that participants and those who assist them could face charges as 'enemies of God,' a capital offense.
- Exiled opposition figure Reza Pahlavi urged new weekend rallies and calls to hold city centers, while U.S. officials expressed support for protesters and warned Tehran against lethal repression.