Overview
- Iran’s attorney general warned protesters would be treated as “enemies of God,” a capital offense, as President Donald Trump and Secretary Marco Rubio publicly backed demonstrators.
- Casualty figures remain contested under near-total communication restrictions, with a rights group citing at least 72 deaths and Aaj Tak reporting 217 recorded in six Tehran hospitals, alongside more than 2,300 detained.
- Exiled opposition figure Reza Pahlavi urged a shift from street rallies to seizing key urban centers and mounting nationwide strikes, with protests reported in 100-plus cities across many provinces.
- Delhi Police registered an FIR in a Rs 14.85 crore “digital arrest” scam that trapped an NRI doctor couple; the cyber unit IFSO is investigating the money trail and spoofed court-police choreography.
- Uttar Pradesh police formed an SIT and arrested three over an alleged conversion network in Kanpur Dehat, as heavy deployment continued in Meerut after a Dalit woman’s killing and her daughter’s disappearance.