Overview
- Authorities reported a 21-year-old Basij volunteer was killed in Kouhdasht in Lorestan, the first security-force death during the protests, with additional injuries among Basij and police.
- Videos from Fasa showed security forces firing shotguns and tear gas as crowds tried to breach a governorate building, with officials reporting arrests and injuries as chants targeted the supreme leader.
- Demonstrations and strikes entered a fourth day across multiple cities, including Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Kermanshah and Karaj, with bazaar closures and student rallies broadening participation.
- The government ordered a one-day closure across much of the country and replaced the central bank chief, installing Abdolnaser Hemmati after Mohammad Reza Farzin resigned.
- State media said security services detained individuals described as monarchists or linked to foreign-based groups and reported weapons seizures, while President Masoud Pezeshkian urged dialogue over economic grievances.