Overview
- Demonstrations that began at Tehran’s largest mobile‑phone market after a currency plunge have spread nationwide, marking the most extensive unrest since 2022.
- Reports indicate several fatalities in clashes with security forces, including at least two in Lordegan, while overall casualty figures remain disputed.
- Iranian state media say a 21-year-old Basij member was killed in Kuhdasht, a claim activists at Hengaw dispute, alleging he was a civilian shot by security forces.
- Authorities have deployed heavy security, used tear gas and water cannons, announced arrests, and issued zero‑tolerance warnings as activists report live fire in some provinces.
- President Massud Peseschkian acknowledges economic failures, orders relief measures and seeks dialogue, as Israel’s Mossad voices support for protests and Iranian officials warn the U.S. against interference.