• Deadly protests: Iran has entered its third week of anti-government protests which have spread across cities in all of its 31 provinces. At least 78 protesters have been killed and more than 2,600 people arrested, according to a US-based human rights group.
• Blackout continues: Iran has now been offline for more than 60 hours after the authorities shut down internet access and telephone lines amid the turmoil.
• Authorities crack down: Several people have reported violence on the streets of Tehran. Two people said they saw security forces with rifles who killed “many people”, while one recounted seeing “bodies piled up on each other” in a hospital.
• Tehran warns US: Iran’s parliamentary speaker said American military and commercial bases will be treated as targets for retaliation if Washington intervenes militarily — which has been threatened by US President Donald Trump.
Eyewitness accounts from the ongoing protests in Iran — where the government has imposed an internet blackout — depict intense struggle and mounting exhaustion after two weeks of turmoil.
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