Overview
- Iranian President Masud Pezeshkian said on X that any aggression against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei would be treated as a formal declaration of war and a “total war” on the nation.
- President Donald Trump told Politico it is “time to seek a new leadership” in Iran, after which Khamenei accused Trump personally of responsibility for protest casualties that Iranian authorities acknowledge as “several thousand.”
- Human-rights groups estimate about 3,428 people killed and roughly 19,000 detained in the unrest, and Netblocks reported only a partial restoration of internet service after a near-total blackout.
- Tehran’s judiciary signaled a hard line as Tehran prosecutor Ali Salehi vowed a response to protesters and foreign interference that would be “firm, deterrent and swift.”
- On Greenland, Trump threatened tariffs of 10% from February 1 rising to 25% from June 1 on several European countries, prompting EU unity, an extraordinary leaders’ meeting this week, and consideration of countermeasures including the anti-coercion tool and a €93 billion retaliation list, with leaders such as Ursula von der Leyen, Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer voicing opposition.