Overview
- NetBlocks measured only a very slight return of service, estimating national connectivity at roughly 2% of normal after a shutdown that began on January 8.
- Iran Human Rights has verified at least 3,428 deaths and cited reports of fleeing protesters shot, heavy weapons used, and wounded demonstrators executed in the street, with verification hampered by the blackout.
- Speaking to supporters, Ali Khamenei said the nation must “break the back of the seditionists,” called the unrest a U.S. plot, and declared President Donald Trump “guilty” for the victims.
- Trump later called Khamenei “a sick man” in comments to Politico and said Iran needs new leaders, following days of shifting U.S. messaging from threats of intervention to talk of de‑escalation.
- Several thousand people marched in French cities, including Paris, to show solidarity with Iranians and denounce the repression and communications blackout.