Overview
- Rights network HRANA reports at least 36 people killed, including four minors and two security personnel, with more than 2,000 arrests since the unrest began on December 28.
- Security forces fired tear gas at demonstrators in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar as protests and strikes expanded across scores of cities, including traditionally loyal centers such as Qom and Mashhad.
- Verified footage and rights groups describe raids on medical facilities, including Ilam’s Imam Khomeini Hospital and a Tehran-area hospital, prompting a U.S. rebuke and an inquiry order from President Masoud Pezeshkian.
- Iran’s judiciary chief warned there will be no leniency for those deemed to be aiding the enemy, and the army chief threatened a forceful response after President Donald Trump cautioned Tehran against killing protesters.
- The government began depositing monthly cash stipends of 10 million rials (about $7) and plans subsidy changes from January 10, as the rial trades near record lows around 1.46–1.47 million per U.S. dollar.