Overview
- Demonstrations triggered by economic collapse have broadened into anti-regime rallies across all 31 provinces and more than 100 cities despite near-total internet and telecom blackouts.
- Human-rights monitors report at least 72 deaths and over 2,300 detentions in roughly 180 cities, while a Tehran doctor told Time that six hospitals recorded 217 protester deaths, mostly from gunshot wounds.
- Iran’s attorney general, Mohammad Movahedi Azad, warned participants could be prosecuted as “enemies of God,” an offense that carries the death penalty.
- Exiled opposition figure Reza Pahlavi urged escalation through nationwide strikes in transport, oil, gas and energy and called on protesters to hold control of major city centers.
- U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran’s leadership not to open fire on crowds and said the United States would respond if killings occur.