US EditionIran’s nationwide protests appear increasingly smothered after crackdown and internet outage
Authorities imposed a near-total internet blackout and airspace closure while activists report at least 3,400 deaths amid a harsh crackdown on protests that began over economic grievances.
- Thursday, Iran's nationwide protests appear increasingly smothered as gunfire fades and Tehran mornings stay quiet, with activists reporting security forces killed at least 2,615 people.
- Authorities targeting communications, Justice Minister Amin Hossein Rahimi said, ordered swift punishment after the December 28 protests and arrests for Starlink satellite dishes.
- SpaceX's Starlink has served as a key communications lifeline, made free for Iranians earlier this week, while specialists say Iran uses satellite jammers and GPS `spoofing` to disrupt terminals.
- Iran closed its airspace for over four hours, forcing international carriers to divert and briefly disrupting global routes; the U.S. moved some personnel from Qatar's Al Udeid Air Base while the U.N. Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting Thursday.
- Rights groups called for an international fact-finding mission and activists warned hangings could follow, with the White House saying 800 executions were halted.
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Death toll from crackdown on Iran protests jumps to at least 3,090, activists say, even as signs of normalcy return
Death toll from crackdown on Iran protests jumps to at least 3,090, activists say, even as signs of normalcy return.
The movement, mated in blood, seems to be a step in the right direction, but the power will not be able to mobilize its security forces for the duration, according to experts.
Iran Protest Movement Appears to Have Died Down for Now, Think Tank Says
The protest movement in Iran appears to have abated at least for now, according to a U.S. think tank and research group in a recent update. The Institute for the Study of War said that as of Thursday, the Iranian regime’s “pervasive securitization measures and violent crackdown on protests appear to have suppressed protest activity for now,” adding that it “recorded zero protests” on that day. That’s the second day in a row that the group has no…
Thousands Killed As Iran's Security Forces Maintain Control And Internet Blackout
Security forces are reportedly maintaining a heavy presence on the streets in parts of Iran as more than two weeks of protests ease following a brutal crackdown that has left thousands of Iranians dead and an ongoing Internet blackout.
(AFP) - The intensity of protests in Iran against the Ayatollah Regime has decreased after a brutal repression with thousands of deaths and in the middle of an internet blackout, monitoring bodies say this Friday.Read more
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