🚨 Iran security forces use live ammunition on protesters nationwide, with witnesses and rights groups reporting mass casualties amid a sweeping crackdown.
🛰️ Near-total internet shutdown is blocking information from inside Iran, as hospitals in several cities are reportedly overwhelmed with wounded demonstrators.
🩸 Rights groups report children among the dead, warning that deliberate use of live fire, raids on medical centers, and mass arrests may amount to crimes against humanity.
📺 State media brands protesters as “terrorists” and vandals, while footage and eyewitness accounts show crowds chanting against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Iran’s ruling system.
🌍 UN and NGOs urge Iran to halt the violence, restore internet access, and respect the right to peaceful protest as demonstrations spread across dozens of cities.