Overview
- Hackers briefly hijacked state broadcaster IRIB’s satellite feeds to air messages from exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi urging security forces not to fire on citizens, which state-linked media acknowledged as a short disruption.
- National police chief Ahmad‑Reza Radan gave those described as "deceived" participants three days to surrender for leniency, warning others would face the full force of the law.
- Judiciary chief Gholam‑Hossein Mohseni‑Ejei said prosecutions have "just started," and a joint statement by the president, parliament speaker and judiciary vowed decisive action against “murderers and terrorist seditionists.”
- Rights groups report more than 4,000 confirmed deaths and tens of thousands of arrests, while Iranian leaders publicly acknowledge "several thousand" fatalities and some officials cite higher figures, which remain disputed under the blackout.
- An internet shutdown imposed January 8 persists, with a vice‑presidential official saying nationwide access should be restored by week’s end as monitors note only brief, heavily filtered connectivity; separately, ship‑tracking data shows the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group transiting the Strait of Malacca on a route that could lead to the Middle East.