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Iranian state forces raid hospital holding injured people in Ilam - Kurdish human rights monitor @Hengaw_English

Students at Khajeh Nasir University hold protest rally in defiance of security measures by regime forces. Students are chanting: "This is the year of blood, Seyyed Ali [Khamenei] will be overthrown" and "Basij, IRGC, you are ISIS to us"

Large popular protests in the city of Mashhad in Iran

Security forces used tear gas to disperse protesters in the city of Bojnourd in northeastern Iran on Saturday night

A deputy governor general of Qom province says a 17-year-old boy was shot dead during protest gatherings on Friday night

Protesters chanted "death to Khamenei" in the city of Khorramabad in western Iran during demonstrations on Saturday night

The European Union urges Iranian security forces to exercise restraint in dealing with peaceful protests.

Vahdatiyeh (Bushehr province), southern Iran:Residents of Vahdatiyeh rally for a nightly protest rally, chanding, "Down with the dictator."

Protests in Borujerd tonight. Borujerd; "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, we are all together"

Footage reportedly of protesters in the Narmak neighborhood of Tehran tonight. Video obtained by Iran International shows the attack by riot police on protesters in the Narmak neighborhood of Tehran on Saturday, January 3.

Yazd, central Iran: People returned to streets to protest against the regime on the seventh night of the nationwide uprising

Hamedan, western Iran: People rallied at Taleghani street for another round of nightly protests. Security forces are trying to disperse the crowd with teargas but demonstrators are standing their ground

Footage reportedly from protests in Kermanshah today. Video obtained by Iran International shows protesters in Kermanshah resisting repression on Saturday, January 3.

Footage reportedly of protests in Mashhad. Iran International received footage of protests in the city of Mashhad. Protesters in the city took to the streets chanting "Death to the dictator and return to Pahlavi."

Popular protests erupt in Shiraz, Iran.

Protesters that are blocking roads in Shiraz, Fars province, at this hour

The German Foreign Office said it is closely reviewing reports of violent treatment of protesters by security forces in Iran and voiced deep concern over any serious human rights violations

Khamenei: The economic demands of the Iranian protesters are "justified"

Ayatollah Khamenei: Talks will be held with protesters, but rioters 'must be put in their place'

In Isfahan, amid Iran Protests: A woman spots trapped protesters on her home security cam, opens the door just in time to save them—seconds before regime forces open fire on the empty street

Protesters in Kazeroun took to the streets on Saturday, chanting anti-government slogans, according to videos sent to Iran International

AFP: Министерство иностранных дел Ирана осуждает военное нападение США на Венесуэлу.

The Mehr News Agency announced today the death of a member of the Basij forces after he was stabbed and shot in the city of Harsin in western Iran yesterday.

Videos received show protesters gathering outside the main mosque of Yazd in central Iran on Friday night, chanting slogans including calls for the overthrow of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, according to footage shared with Iran International

January 2—Esfarayen, northeast Iran Protesters rallied in front of the governorate and chanted, "Down with Khamenei."

Iranian security forces are attempting to disperse protesters in Shiraz

Iran MFA Statement: We condemn US interventionist remarks on Iran’s internal affairs. From 1953 coup to June 2025 attacks, US sympathy is hypocritical. Our response to any aggression will be swift, decisive, & comprehensive. US bears full responsibility for regional instability.Iran Parliament Speaker: Trump’s remarks show 's attempts to turn bazaar protests into violent & armed urban clashes have failed. With Trump's confession, all Us bases & forces in the region will be considered legitimate targets in response to any potential US adventurism

The Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) has called for an urgent meeting of Kurdish political forces in ‘Rojhilat’ East Kurdistan, urging the formation of a unified Kurdish front to respond to the rapidly evolving political and security developments

Protesters storm Police Station 11 in Marvdasht; regime mercenaries retreat inside and open fire. Intense clashes continue amid massive turnout

Protests erupt in Tehran Pars district of Tehran

Intense clashes in Marvdasht

The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, stated: "After the positions taken by Israeli officials and Trump, the underlying reasons have become clear. We consider the actions of the protesting merchants to be separate from the actions of subversive elements, and Trump must realize that American interference in this internal matter is tantamount to spreading."

Amnesty International is alarmed by reports of protesters killed in Iran. Iranian authorities must uphold the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly and refrain from using unlawful force. @amnesty is investigating the full scale of the violations

National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, uploaded in support of the demonstrators protesting the Iranian regime. Ben-Gvir wrote in Farsi: "The Iranian people deserve to be free, free of the murderous dictator Khamenei." He concluded the post by affirming: "We are with you."The Iranian people deserve to be free, free of the murderous dictator Khamenei. We are with you.Death to the dictator

Protesters in Tehran declared their defiance against the regime, saying they had set fire to a symbol of dictatorship and would continue their struggle until the ruling clerics are removed from power

Another slain protester identified by Iranian human rights monitors.Ahad Ebrahimpour Abdoli, a young man from Nurabad in Lorestan province, was killed by direct fire from Iran’s repressive forces during protests on Thursday evening, January 1, 2026, according to information received by Hengaw

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian commented on the protests that erupted in the country during a meeting with officials: "The people are dissatisfied, and we are the ones at fault. Don't go after America to blame it."

Footage shared with Iran International shows protesters in Marvdasht taking to the streets on Friday, following the funeral of Khodadad Shirvani, a demonstrator killed during recent unrest in the city

Iran International could verify the death of another protester, identifying him as 22-year-old Ahmad Jalil, who was killed by direct gunfire from Iranian security forces during demonstrations in Lordegan on Thursday, adding that authorities later pressured his family over the release of his body.

Kuhdasht: At the moment of burying Amirhesam Khodayari-Fard, reports indicate that security forces attempted to seize his body. Residents resisted and stood their ground, ultimately reclaiming it from the authorities.

Footage shared with Iran International shows mourners at the funeral of Amirhessam Khodayarifard, a protester killed in Kuhdasht, forcing government forces to flee the ceremony

Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Larijani to Trump: Interfering in internal protests will cause instability throughout the region

Netanyahu: I'm prepared to intervene militarily in Iran so as to help the protesters suffering from régime violence

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the government is at fault after deadly protests erupted nationwide over economic woes

Attendees at the funeral of Dariush Ansari Bakhtiarvand, a protester killed during unrest in Fooladshahr, chanted “Death to Khamenei” as the burial took place, according to reports from the scene

Senior Iranian officials on Friday warned that any US interference in the country’s ongoing protests would destabilise the region, responding sharply to US President Donald Trump’s threat to act if peaceful demonstrators are killed

U.S. President Donald Trump: "If Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go."

Iran International could verify that a protester, Khodadad Sharifi Monfared, was killed by direct gunfire from Iranian security forces during demonstrations in Marvdasht on Thursday

According to @HRANA_English, at least 119 protesters have been arrested across multiple provinces in Iran since protests began on December 28