Overview
- Overnight demonstrations erupted in Tehran and other cities despite a nationwide communications cutoff exceeding 60 hours, according to Netblocks and verified videos.
- Iran Human Rights put the death toll at a minimum of 192 over two weeks, while HRANA confirmed 116 deaths and CHRI warned of reports pointing to hundreds killed.
- Medical staff describe hospitals overwhelmed with gunshot wounds and morgues filling, with reports of victims shot in the head and chest.
- The police chief announced “important” arrests of alleged ringleaders, the interior ministry claimed some deaths were from stabbings, and President Massoud Pezeshkian urged the public not to let “rioters” destabilize society.
- Parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf threatened to target U.S. military sites and shipping if Washington strikes; President Trump said the U.S. is “ready to help,” and the New York Times reported he was briefed on strike options as Israel heightened alert.