Overview
- Security forces used tear gas to disperse crowds at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, and the gas reached the nearby Sina Hospital, according to ISNA and medical authorities.
- Iran Human Rights reports at least 27 people killed, including five minors, with more than 1,000 arrests, while official media cite 13 deaths.
- Western counties have seen deadly confrontations, with IHR reporting six killed in Malekshahi and accounts of a hospital raid to detain the wounded, as Fars reports a police officer fatally shot.
- Footage verified by AFP shows chants targeting the supreme leader and invoking the Pahlavi dynasty, with protests recorded in at least 45 cities.
- The government announced a four‑month stipend of 10 million rials per person as the judiciary vowed no leniency, and the U.S. State Department urged the release of detainees.