More than 200 protesters were killed in Iran’s capital Tehran during an overnight crackdown on anti-government demonstrations, Time magazine reported on Friday (January 9), citing medical sources.
US President Donald Trump has claimed that protesters have taken control of Mashhad, Iran’s second-largest city, sharing a video on his social media platform Truth Social.
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued a stern warning to protesters, saying no leniency will be shown to foreign “mercenaries”. He accused demonstrators of trying to please United States President Donald Trump.
The death toll from intense anti-government protests and clashes with law enforcement agencies in Iran has risen to 45, with at least eight minors among the dead.
The Venezuelan government has started releasing detainees described as political prisoners by human rights groups, calling the move a gesture of goodwill.
Denmark has pledged to respond decisively if any foreign power, including the United States, attempts to intervene in Greenland. The Danish Ministry of Defence said troops would operate under a “shoot first, ask questions later” policy, in place since 1952.