Overview
- An activist network, HRANA, reports demonstrations in over 170 locations across 25 provinces, with at least 15 people killed and more than 580 detained.
- Internet access has been curtailed, with Cloudflare measuring roughly a 35% drop in traffic, and security forces announced arrests of alleged protest leaders in Lorestan.
- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called economic complaints "just" but warned that "rioters" would be dealt with firmly, as authorities organized pro-government gatherings.
- The unrest started with shopkeepers in Tehran after the rial slid to roughly 1.4–1.5 million per U.S. dollar and inflation hovered around 40–50%, then spread to students and the middle class.
- President Trump said the U.S. was "locked and loaded" if protesters are killed, drawing Iranian threats and a U.N. complaint, while the government also replaced its central bank chief with Abdolnaser Hemmati.