Overview
- Rights groups and activists report sharply higher tolls ranging from 116 to 192 dead, while CNN cites HRANA for at least 490, with thousands detained, figures that cannot be independently verified.
- NetBlocks says Iran has enforced a near-total internet shutdown since Thursday, with mobile service blocked and only limited Starlink access helping some users bypass controls.
- Witnesses describe live fire by security forces and overwhelmed hospitals, and Iran’s prosecutor warned participants could be deemed “enemies of God,” a charge that carries the death penalty.
- President Donald Trump publicly pledged support to demonstrators and has been briefed on military and non-military options, and Reuters reports Benjamin Netanyahu and Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed potential U.S. intervention.
- Iranian leaders downplayed the unrest and issued threats of harsh reprisals as exiled figure Reza Pahlavi urged strikes and the occupation of central squares, with protests reported in roughly 180 to 185 cities.