Overview
- Demonstrations entered a sixth day, spreading beyond Tehran as the rial hovers near 1.4 million per dollar and inflation exceeds 40 percent.
- Rights groups and local outlets report at least six to seven deaths in Azna, Lordegan, Fuladshahr and Marvdasht, though tolls and circumstances differ by source.
- State media identified a slain Basij volunteer as 21-year-old Amirhossam Khodayari Fard in Kuhdasht, a claim disputed by activist groups that list him among protesters.
- President Donald Trump wrote that the U.S. is "locked and loaded" to "come to their rescue" if Iran kills peaceful demonstrators, drawing warnings from Ali Larijani and Ali Shamkhani of a forceful response.
- Iran’s government offered talks with merchant and union representatives as security forces and the Basij deployed in multiple cities, with arrests and gunfire captured in videos verified by news organizations.