“Iran’s protest movement has entered a sharper and more dangerous phase, marked by continued street mobilization despite near-total communications blackout, escalating threats from senior officials, and a visibly hardened security posture” …
- Iran Protests Escalate Over Two Days as Public Defies State Warnings, Army Enters Security Narrative, and Casualty Reports Rise (NIAC Insights)
… Videos, hospitals, human rights groups, and government reports all testify to escalating violence …
- Iran Protesters Defy Crackdown as Videos Show Violent Clashes (BBC)
- ‘There Wasn’t Even Time for CPR’: Iran Medics Describe Hospitals Overwhelmed with Dead and Injured Protesters (BBC)
- ‘Massacre’ Feared in Iran as Security Forces Seek to Crush Protests (Washington Post)
- Iran Says over 100 Officers Killed as Protesters Defy Government Crackdown (Aljazeera)
“In his remarks, Trump went further than he has so far and suggested the U.S. could intervene in favor of the protesters regardless of whether the regime uses violence against them” …
… and his “administration is weighing preliminary options for a potential military strike on Iran, including large-scale airstrikes, though officials stress the planning is routine and no action is imminent” …
… seemingly in consultation with Israel …
… and Iran declares it would respond:
- Iran Warns US troops, Israel Will Be ‘Legitimate Targets’ if America Strikes over Protests (France 24)
Israeli war crimes continue:
- At Least Three Palestinians Killed in Overnight Israeli Attacks on Gaza (Aljazeera)
- Israel Is Quietly Erasing Palestinian Refugee Camps from Existence in the West Bank (Mondowweiss / Israel-Palestine News)
- Banning Aid Groups from Gaza Is Genocide by Other Means (Palestine Deep Dive)
- Somali Minister Says Israel Plans to Expel Gaza Palestinians to Somaliland (Aljazeera)
Three conditions for foreign involvement to strengthen opposition movements: “the presence of domestic organization capable of absorbing outside support, fractures within the security apparatus, and whether external signals reinforced or undermined the movement’s domestic legitimacy”:
“Most of all, I wanted freedom. I’m so scared I won’t get it”:
- After Fleeing the Taliban, They Felt Safe in America. A Shooting in D.C. Changed Everything (Washington Post)
“NetBlocks has described the current blackout as among the most severe ever recorded in Iran. ‘We are tracking near-total disconnection of internet service across Iran right now, and connectivity is below 2% of ordinary levels’”:
- Iran Tense: Cyber Expert Warns of ;Internet Kill Switch’ as Protests Intensify — What It Means (Times of India)
“Reza Pahlavi is not a unifying figure, but remains a symbol of exclusion”:
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