Protesters gathered in Iran’s largest cemetery, Behesht-e Zahra, on Monday, chanting slogans such as “This year is the year of bloodshed, Seyyed Ali will be overthrown.”
NATO member Turkey does not wish to see chaos in Iran, with Omer Celik, spokesperson for Turkey's ruling AK Party, saying that "these problems must be resolved through the internal dynamics."
HRANA estimated there were some 250 bodies at the facility, and published a video on X/Twitter that appears to show deceased people, in open body bags, lying in rows.
Over the weekend, Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi initiated talks with Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff regarding the unrest in Iran, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Axios.
As protests in Iran escalate, Kurdish opposition groups, including PDKI, PAK, and PJAK, call for regime change, despite ongoing violence and a deadly crackdown on demonstrators.
According to political sources, the security establishment asked ministers to curb their remarks on the protests crackdown, out of concern that every word could within minutes become propaganda.
The global chess body fined Iran €25,000 after its women’s team skipped a match vs Israel in Budapest, and warned of a possible one-year ban.
“We stand on the threshold of reclaiming our beloved Iran from the Islamic Republic. Khamenei and his regime have already suffered several heavy blows at your hands," Pahlavi wrote.
"We may need to act before a meeting with them… we are in the process of coordinating a meeting,” the president told reporters aboard Air Force One.
Sources estimate the number of people killed or injured in the thousands, including children and young demonstrators, while many others were arrested.
A senior Israeli rabbi published a biblical-style prayer calling for the downfall of Iran’s clerical regime.
