Overview
- Demonstrations continued overnight in Tehran and other cities, with videos showing large crowds despite internet and mobile disruptions now exceeding 60 hours, according to NetBlocks and AFP.
- Human-rights tallies diverge and remain hard to verify, with HRANA reporting 116 deaths and Iran Human Rights previously citing at least 51, as groups warn the real toll may be higher under the outage.
- Medical staff describe overwhelmed facilities, morgue backlogs, and patients hit by live fire and pellets, with one Rasht hospital receiving 70 bodies on Friday, according to accounts relayed by BBC and other outlets.
- Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said U.S. military sites and American maritime transport, as well as Israel, would be treated as legitimate targets if Washington attacks.
- U.S. media report President Trump was briefed on military options, including potential strikes on non-military targets, with no decision announced, while Israel has moved to maximum alert, Reuters reports.