Overview
- Rights groups report at least 72 people killed and more than 2,300 detained, though independent verification is constrained by the communications shutdown.
- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accuses demonstrators of serving foreign interests and singles out President Donald Trump, as state outlets brand protesters as terrorists.
- Iran’s prosecutor general Mohammad Movahedi Azad says anyone taking part or assisting will be charged as an ‘enemy of God,’ a capital offense under Iranian law.
- Exiled opposition figure Reza Pahlavi calls for new weekend rallies and urges use of pre‑1979 flags, with large night protests seen in Tehran, Mashhad, Tabriz and Qom despite the blackout.
- Washington signals support for protesters as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Trump issue warnings to Tehran, while state media report security force deaths and broadcast arson and clashes.