US EditionIran’s nationwide protests appear increasingly smothered after crackdown and internet outage
Authorities imposed a 170+ hour internet blackout and intensified a violent crackdown killing over 2,600 protesters, while mass arrests and airspace closures restrict information flow.
- This past week nationwide protests appeared increasingly smothered after Iranian authorities shut the country off from the world and activists reported at least 2,615 deaths.
- On December 28, 2025, protests erupted over worsening economic conditions, and Iranian authorities escalated a deadly crackdown after January 8, labeling demonstrators 'rioters' and 'terrorists'.
- Human Rights Watch verified footage showing hundreds of body bags at the Kahrizak morgue, with about 150 bodies taken to Mashhad hospital between January 9 and January 10.
- The U.N. Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting on Iran at the United States' request as international carriers diverted flights and Iran closed its airspace for over four hours.
- Rights groups urged a U.N. Fact-Finding Mission on Iran to preserve evidence as activists warned hangings could come soon, amid severe communication restrictions impeding verification, and the U.S. moved personnel from Al Udeid Air Base.
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‘I saw 12 people collapsed in a pool of blood’: Eyewitness describes Iran’s deadly crackdown
A Tehran resident who took part in the protests that have roiled Iran before fleeing the country has described a deadly crackdown – with security forces firing indiscriminately at protesters with machine guns and assault rifles – in an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24.
Iran protests abate after deadly crackdown; Putin moves to mediate between Jerusalem,
Rights groups and residents said heavy security deployments and an internet blackout have largely silenced demonstrations for now, though reports of arrests and sporadic unrest continued
Iran protest movement subsides in face of 'brutal' crackdown
The protest movement in Iran has subsided after a crackdown that has killed thousands under an internet blackout, monitors said Friday, one week after the start of the biggest protests in years challenging the Islamic republic's theocratic system.
At least until the Iranian New Year, at the end of March: IranWire writes, quoted by Iran International (ANSA)
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