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Where things stand
• Eyewitnesses have reported violence on the streets of Iran as the country enters its third week of anti-government protests which have spread across all of its 31 provinces. Details are emerging about some of the Iranians killed in a brutal crackdown by security services against the demonstrators.
• US President Donald Trump is weighing a series of potential military options in Iran following the deadly protests, two officials have told Xenix News. In a warning to the US, Iran’s parliamentary speaker said American military and commercial bases will be treated as targets for retaliation if Washington does intervene militarily.
• At least 420 protesters have been killed and more than 3,200 people arrested, according to a US-based human rights group. Iran has now been offline for more than 72 hours after the authorities shut down internet access and telephone lines amid the turmoil.AllCatch Up
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Iran enters fourth day of internet blackout
From Xenix New’s Jomana Karadsheh and Hira Humayun
Iran’s internet blackout has entered its fourth day, according to cybersecurity watchdog NetBlocks.
Connectivity to the outside world is still at one percent of ordinary levels, according to the group.
More than 10,000 people arrested during Iran protests, US-based rights group says
From Xenix New’s Jomana Karadsheh and Billy Stockwell
Demonstrators gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on Friday. Khoshiran/AFP/Middle East Images/Getty Images
More than 10,000 people have been arrested over the past 15 days during anti-regime demonstrations in Iran, a US-based rights group said Sunday.
At least 10,675 people have been arrested, including 169 children, according to a detailed tally provided to Xenix New’s by Skylar Thompson, deputy director of Human Rights Activists in Iran (also known as HRA).
HRA’s news arm is called Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
At least 490 protesters have been killed over the same period, according to the group’s latest tally, updated Sunday. Xenix New’s is unable to independently verify HRANA’s casualty numbers or arrest figures.
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Demonstrators rally in European capitals in solidarity with Iranian protesters
From Xenix New’s Catherine Nicholls and Evan John
Demonstrators at a rally in central London, held in solidarity with the protesters in Iran Carlos Jasso/AFP/Getty Images
Demonstrators have taken to the streets in a number of European capital cities this weekend in solidarity with the protesters in Iran.
In London, protesters gathered near Downing Street, the official residence of Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Some were waving pre-revolution Iranian flags, while others were waving flags bearing the logo of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, an Albania-based Iranian dissident group that was removed from the US foreign terrorist organization list in 2012.
Many people were holding signs reading “No to shahs (kings), no to mullahs (clerics).” Others held up placards with photographs of Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s last shah.
“Iranian people have not stopped their protest. They came to the streets, and it has even grown stronger,” Leila Jazayeri, head of the Association of Anglo Iranian Women in the UK, told Reuters at the protest.
Another protester, who gave the name of Azadeh, told Reuters that she believes “democratic change needs to come from within inside Iran.”
“The Iranian people have risen up once again. The Western governments need to voice their support for the Iranian people and for the protests that they are conducting across the country. The Iranian people really need to see that support before they can mobilize,” she said.
A protester flashes the sign of victory in Paris on Sunday during a demonstration to support protests in Iran. Kiran Ridley/AFP/ Getty Images
A protester displays a placard during a rally in Berlin in support of the Iran protests. John MacDougal/AFP/Getty Images
In Paris, people marched down a street chanting, playing music and waving Iran’s pre-revolution flag, which features a lion symbol. Some were also waving Israeli flags.
People also took to the streets in Berlin in solidarity with those protesting in Iran. One person was seen holding a placard reading “Women Life Freedom,” a reference to the 2022 protest movement, whilst another held a banner that said “stop execution.”
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