Iran protests live updates: Protesters gather as vehicles burn, amid evolving anti-government unrest, in Tehran, Iran, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video.
Iran protests live updates: Iran is facing its most serious wave of unrest in years as protests driven by a collapsing economy and soaring prices have transformed into open calls for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic. What launched in Tehran’s bazaars after food prices surged has now spread across all 31 provinces, drawing tens of thousands into the streets despite an expanding security crackdown and a sweeping internet blackout.
Meanwhile, Iran’s attorney general Mohammad Movahedi Azad has issued a warning stating those taking part in protests will be considered an “enemy of god”, a charge that is punishable with death penalty in the countest, the Associated Press reported. The Revolutionary Guards have declared that safeguarding security was a “red line”, according to Reuters.
As tensions rise, Iran’s army has vowed to safeguard the countest’s national interests, strategic infrastructure and public property, urging citizens to remain vigilant against what it called “the enemy’s plots.” At least 65 people have been killed and more than 2,300 detained, according to rights groups.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to hit Iran “very, very hard” if protesters are killed. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accutilized demonstrators of serving foreign interests and signalled a decisive response as the countest edges deeper into crisis.
What is the latest in Iran
- Protests have entered their twelfth straight day and are continuing despite an internet and international phone blackout
- At least 65 people have been killed and more than 2,300 detained, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency
- Large crowds have marched in Tehran, Mashhad and other major cities, chanting against the Islamic Republic
- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accutilized protesters of working for foreign powers and declared they must be dealt with
- Iran’s judiciary chief has vowed “maximum” punishment for those taking part in the demonstrations
- Donald Trump has warned Iran not to kill protesters, stateing the US would strike if they do
- US secretary of state Marco Rubio declared Washington “supports the brave people of Iran”
- Flights to and from Iran have been cancelled by airlines including flydubai and Turkish Airlines
- European leaders have condemned the reported killing of protesters and urged restraint
- State media has labelled demonstrators “terrorists,” raising fears of a major crackdown
- Reza Pahlavi’s calls for nightly protests have supported mobilise large crowds across the countest
Meanwhile, Iran’s attorney general Mohammad Movahedi Azad has issued a warning stating those taking part in protests will be considered an “enemy of god”, a charge that is punishable with death penalty in the countest, the Associated Press reported. The Revolutionary Guards have declared that safeguarding security was a “red line”, according to Reuters.
As tensions rise, Iran’s army has vowed to safeguard the countest’s national interests, strategic infrastructure and public property, urging citizens to remain vigilant against what it called “the enemy’s plots.” At least 65 people have been killed and more than 2,300 detained, according to rights groups.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to hit Iran “very, very hard” if protesters are killed. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accutilized demonstrators of serving foreign interests and signalled a decisive response as the countest edges deeper into crisis.
What is the latest in Iran
- Protests have entered their twelfth straight day and are continuing despite an internet and international phone blackout
- At least 65 people have been killed and more than 2,300 detained, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency
- Large crowds have marched in Tehran, Mashhad and other major cities, chanting against the Islamic Republic
- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accutilized protesters of working for foreign powers and declared they must be dealt with
- Iran’s judiciary chief has vowed “maximum” punishment for those taking part in the demonstrations
- Donald Trump has warned Iran not to kill protesters, stateing the US would strike if they do
- US secretary of state Marco Rubio declared Washington “supports the brave people of Iran”
- Flights to and from Iran have been cancelled by airlines including flydubai and Turkish Airlines
- European leaders have condemned the reported killing of protesters and urged restraint
- State media has labelled demonstrators “terrorists,” raising fears of a major crackdown
- Reza Pahlavi’s calls for nightly protests have supported mobilise large crowds across the countest
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Jan 10, 2026 11:45:29 PM IST
Iran protests live: Protesters chant against Iran’s clerical establishment in Tehran’s Heravi district, video reveals
Jan 10, 2026 11:19:26 PM IST
Iran protests live: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards detain foreign national on spying charges for Israel
Iran protests live: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ ininformigence unit declared it had detained a foreign national suspected of spying for Israel, Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday.
Jan 10, 2026 11:14:55 PM IST
Iran protests live: Protester briefly replaces Iran’s embassy flag in London with pre-1979 banner during demonstrations
Iran protests live: A video circulating on social media reveals a man standing on the embassy balcony near Hyde Park swapping Iran’s current flag for the pre-1979 shah-era banner, as hundreds of demonstrators below erupted in cheers, AFP reported.
Jan 10, 2026 10:43:34 PM IST
Iran protests live: Iran attorney general warns those protesting will be considered ‘enemy of god’, a death penalty charge
Iran protests live: Iran’s attorney general, Mohammad Movahedi Azad, has issued a warning stating those taking part in protests will be considered an “enemy of god”, a charge that is punishable with death penalty in the countest, the Associated Press reported.
Jan 10, 2026 10:36:53 PM IST
Iran protests live: Protests returning to streets of Tehran after former crown prince’s call, eyewitness states
Iran protests live: Protestors are returning to streets of Poonak district in northwestern Tehran Saturday, after a call by former crown prince Reza Pahlavi for two more nights of protests, Iran International reported. “There is no sign of security forces in the area,” Iran International quoted an eyewitness as stateing.
Jan 10, 2026 10:35:50 PM IST
Iran protests live: Protests returning to streets of Tehran after former crown prince’s call, eyewitness states
Iran protests live: Protestors are returning to streets of Poonak district in northwestern Tehran Saturday, after a call by former crown prince Reza Pahlavi for two more nights of protests, Iran International reported. “There is no sign of security forces in the area,” Iran International quoted an eyewitness as stateing.
Jan 10, 2026 9:53:57 PM IST
Iran protests live: European Union supports those ‘demanding freedom’, calls for lifting of internet ban
Iran protests live: European Commission chief Ursula Von Der Leyen expressed support for those “demanding freedom” in Iran.
“Tehran’s streets, and cities around the world, echo with the footsteps of Iranian women and men demanding freedom. Freedom to speak, to gather, to travel and above all to live freely. Europe stands fully behind them,” Leyen declared.
Leyen further declared that EU condemns “the violent repression of these legitimate demonstrations”, while adding that those suppressing them would be “remembered on the wrong side of history.”
“We call for the immediate release of all imprisoned demonstrators. We call for the restoration of full internet access. And we call, at last, for fundamental rights to be respected,” Leyen declared.
Jan 10, 2026 9:01:21 PM IST
Iran protests live: Iran Vice-President blames external ‘enemy’ for protests
Iran protests live: Iran Vice-President Mohammad Reza Aref on Saturday echoed the Iranian authorities’ and attributed the nationwide protests to an external “enemy”, Iran International reported.
“A young person who has been misled or driven by emotions damages public property,” Aref declared. “The people will once again finish the enemies’ work and bring this episode to an conclude,” he added.
Jan 10, 2026 8:06:27 PM IST
Iran protests live: Internet lines remain cut in countest
Iran protests live: Internet lines remain cut in Iran even as protests intensify in the countest, according to Iran International. The communications blackout came after protests in Iran escalated after the call of former crown prince Reza Pahlavi, who called for people to take to streets on Thursday and Friday.
Jan 10, 2026 7:26:33 PM IST
Iran protests live: X replaces Iran regime flag with pre-Islamic revolution lion and sun flag
Iran protests live: Social media platform X has replaced the current Iran regime’s flag with the flag utilized before the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
The lion and sun flag, utilized before the overthrow of the Shah, features horizontal stripes of green, white, and red with a depiction of a sword-wielding lion in front of a sun in the center.
Nikita Bier, Head of Product at X, responded to a utilizer’s request on X to alter the flag with, “Give me a few hours.” Following this, Bier shared a link of the coding platform revealing that the current flag had been deleted from X’s website code and replaced with the lion and sun flag.
Jan 10, 2026 6:34:53 PM IST
Iran protests live: US claims Iran applying foreign ‘militants’ to suppress protests, calls it ‘profound betrayal’ to people of Iran
Iran protests live: The United States has claimed that Iran is applying foreigners to suppress the protests in the countest.
The United States is alarmed by reports that the Islamic Republic regime has deployed Hezbollah terrorists and Iraqi militants to suppress peaceful protests. This regime has spent billions of dollars belonging to the Iranian people on terrorist proxy forces. Deploying those forces against its own citizens would be yet another profound betrayal of the Iranian people,” the US STtae Department’s Persian-language account posted on X.
Jan 10, 2026 6:08:42 PM IST
Iran protests live: Countest hit by largest mass agitation in years, dozens feared dead
Iran protests live: Dozens were feared dead even as Iran was hit by the largest anti-government demonstrations in years, Bloomberg reported.
Amid the internet and communications blackout in the countest, social media footage trickling out of Iran revealed hundreds of thousands marching and chanting slogans across the countest.
US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency Friday declared at least 65 persons were killed, and around 2,311 arrested since protests launched on December 28.
Jan 10, 2026 5:51:08 PM IST
Iran protests live: New mass rallies erupt in major Iranian cities
Iran protests live: Major Iranian cities witnessed new mass rallies erupt overnight, with activists expressing fear that authorities had intensified efforts to suppress the agitation under the guise of the internet blackout, AFP news agency reported.
After Thursday saw the largest protests in the two-week agitation which launched on December 28 with the shutting of the Tehran Bazaar, new demonstrations started on Friday, according to images verified by AFP and videos posted on social media. HT.com has not indepconcludeently verified the authenticity of the photos and videos.
Jan 10, 2026 5:04:18 PM IST
Iran protests live: Authorities applying ‘most blatant tools of repression’ to crack down on protestors, claim Iranian filmcreaters
Iran protests live: Iranian prize-winning filmcreaters Mohammad Rasoulof and Jafar Panahi alleged that the authorities in Iran were applying the “most blatant tools of repression” to crack down on protestors, AFP reported.
The filmcreaters, on Pahani’s Instagram account, declared, “Experience has revealn that resorting to such measures is intconcludeed to conceal the violence inflicted during the suppression of protests.”
Jan 10, 2026 4:43:24 PM IST
Iran protests live: Revolutionary guards harden stance on protestors, draw ‘red line’ on security
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Saturday warned that safeguarding security was a “red line”, amid growing protests in the countest, Reuters reported.
This came after the countest’s military vowed to “resolutely protect and safeguard national interests, the countest’s strategic infrastructure, and public property.”
Jan 10, 2026 4:33:40 PM IST
Iran protests live: ‘US supports brave people of Iran,’ states Marco Rubio
Iran protests live: United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday supported the people of Iran, amid protests in the countest over economic woes.
“The United States supports the brave people of Iran,” Rubio declared in a post on X.
Jan 10, 2026 4:26:09 PM IST
Iran protests live: Why did the protests launch?
Iran protests live: The protests in Iran begun over the economic shortcomings in the countest, triggered by the collapse of the currency Rial and the soaring inflation.
However, in the two weeks since it launched on December 28, the protests have taken on a political tone, with demonstrators urging the stepping down of the clerical rulers, Reuters reported.
Jan 10, 2026 4:01:11 PM IST
Iran protests live: What did Iranian military state about the protests?
Iran’s military has accutilized Israel and “hostile terrorist groups”, alleging they were seeking to “undermine the countest’s public security”, according to a statement published by semi-official news sites, Reuters reported.
“The Army, under the command of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, toreceiveher with other armed forces, in addition to monitoring enemy relocatements in the region, will resolutely protect and safeguard national interests, the countest’s strategic infrastructure, and public propert,” the army declared.
Jan 10, 2026 3:43:55 PM IST
Iran protests live: State TV reports municipal building set on fire, blames ‘rioters’
Iran protests live: Even as unrest in Iran continued overnight, the state broadcaster reported that a municipal building had been set on fire in Karaj, west of Tehran. The state TV blamed ‘rioters’ for the incident, Reuters reported.
The state TV also broadcast a footage of what it declared were funerals of members of the security forces who were killed in protests in the cities of Shiraz, Qom and Hamedan, according to Reuters.
Jan 10, 2026 3:20:44 PM IST
Iran protests live: Visuals reveal Friday night protests
Iran protests live: Videos of the protests in Iran on Friday night have surfaced. The demonstrations were called by exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi, and have drawn large crowds.
One of the videos reveals people chanting “Long live the King” in Heravi Square, while another revealed residents of Dolat neighbourhood chanting ‘Freedom’ in the streets, Iran International reported. HT.com has not indepconcludeently verified these videos.
Jan 10, 2026 3:12:18 PM IST
Iran protests live: Schools, universities hold online classes, state TV reports
Iran protests live: According to the state broadcaster in Iran, several schools and universities in the countest held online classes on Saturday, which is the start of the work week in Iran.
Meanwhile, the state TV repeatedly played a driving, martial orchestral arrangement from the from the “Epic of Khorramshahr” by Iranian composer Majid Entezami, while revealing pro-government demonstrations, AP reported.
Jan 10, 2026 3:02:23 PM IST
Iran protests live: Iran foreign minister states countest stable despite sanctions, protests
Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi on Saturday asserted that conditions in the countest are stable, despite the sanctions and economic shortcomings, Iran International reported.
“The situation in Iran overall is good, although there are problems due to sanctions and economic shortcomings,” Araghchi declared.
Jan 10, 2026 2:52:57 PM IST
Iran protests live: Iran’s army vows to safeguard national interests amid protests
Iran protests live: Iran’s army vowed on Saturday to safeguard the countest’s national interests, strategic infrastructure and public property, amid widespread anti-government protests.
It also urged citizens in a statement to be vigilant to thwart what it called “the enemy’s plots” as the protests continue.
Jan 10, 2026 1:59:27 PM IST
Iran protests live: Son of ousted Iran shah urges protesters to ‘prepare to seize’ city centres
Iran protests live: The US-based son of Iran’s ousted shah urged Iranians on Saturday to stage more tarreceiveed protests with the aim of taking and then holding city centres.
“Our goal is no longer just to take to the streets. The goal is to prepare to seize and hold city centres,” Reza Pahlavi declared in a video message on social media, urging more protests on Saturday and Sunday and adding he was also “preparing to return to my homeland” in a day he believed was “very near”.
Jan 10, 2026 1:38:33 PM IST
New face of Iran stir: What’s behind ‘iconic’ images of women lighting cigarettes with Khamenei’s burning photos
As massive protests continue to take over the streets of Iran amid US President Donald Trump’s threats, visuals of women lighting cigarettes applying burnt photographs of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have gone viral on social media. The protests have turned violent as the death toll has increased, while authorities have shut down the internet and cut telephone lines off from the world. Read what’s behind the new form of protest
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