Iran unrest LIVE updates | Judiciary signals fast trials, executions for those detained despite Trump's warning

Iran's judiciary signals fast trials and executions for those detained in nationwide protests

This comes despite US President Donald Trump's warning against hanging its own citizens.

Former Iran queen Farah Pahlavi says freedom will soon be celebrated together in Iran

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenslyy comes in support of Iranian protesters

"We support the position on Iran: A regime that has lasted so many years and killed so many people does not deserve to exist. Changes are needed," he said.

Death toll from crackdown on protests in Iran jumps to at least 2,571, activists say

The figure came from the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency.

The activist group said 2,403 of the dead were protesters and 147 were government-affiliated.

US President Donald Trump says death toll from Iran protest crackdown is 'significant'

Starlink offers free service in Iran

This comes after other communications were cut in protest crackdown.

US will take 'very strong action' if Iran hangs protesters, Trump tells CBS News

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday ​the United ‌States would ⁠take "very ‌strong action" if the Iranian government starts hanging ​protesters, but did not elaborate on what ‌those ‌actions would be.

"I haven't ⁠heard about the hanging. If they ⁠hang ⁠them, you're going to ‌see ‌some things... We will take ‍very strong action if they do such a thing," Trump told CBS News ​in an interview.

Iran eases some communications restrictions as activists say death toll spikes to 2,000

Iran eased some restrictions on its people and, for the first time in days, allowed them to make phone calls abroad via their mobile phones on Tuesday. It did not ease restrictions on the internet or permit texting services to be restored as the death toll from days of bloody protests against the state rose to at least 2,000 people, according to activists.

Iran threatens death penalty for 'rioters' as concern grows for protester

Iranian authorities will press charges punishable by death against some individuals arrested during recent demonstrations, prosecutors said on Tuesday, as concern grew that one man arrested during the protests already risks imminent execution.

UK, Italy & Germany summon Iranian envoy over killing of protestors

Germany summoned Iran's ambassador in Berlin ​on Tuesday over ‌a crackdown ⁠by Iranian authorities ‌on protesters after two weeks of unrest across ​the country, the foreign ministry said.

Italy aso said ‌it had ⁠summoned ‌the Iranian ambassador over the "absolutely unacceptable" ​crackdown by Iranian authorities to quell protests ‌across ‌the country.

UK govt says summoned Iran ambassador over protest crackdown. (Reuters)

Trump tells Iranians to keep protesting, says 'help is on its way'

U.S. President Donald Trump on ​Tuesday told ‌Iranians to ⁠keep ‌protesting and said help was on the way, ​but did not give details.

"Iranian Patriots, ‌KEEP ‌PROTESTING - TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!... ⁠HELP IS ON ITS WAY," ⁠Trump ⁠said in a ‌post ‌on Truth Social, adding he had canceled ‍all meetings with Iranian Officials until the "senseless killing" of protesters stopped.

France summons Iranian envoy over crackdown, foreign minister says

France's foreign minister said he ​had summoned the ‌Iranian ambassador ⁠on ‌Tuesday over the "unbearable and inhumane" crackdown by Iranian ​authorities to quell protests across the country.

"I have ‌conveyed ‌this condemnation to my ⁠Iranian counterpart. It will be reiterated to ⁠the ⁠Iranian ambassador in Paris, ‌whom ‌I summoned today," Jean-Noel Barrot told ‍lawmakers in parliament.

"There can be no impunity for those who turned their weapons against peaceful protesters." (Reuters)

2000 killed, say officials as they blame deaths on 'terrorists'

Around 2,000 people have been killed in the protests, an Iranian official told Reuters, blaming "terrorists" for the deaths of civilians and ⁠security personnel. Human rights groups had previously tallied around 600 deaths. Adding to the stress on Iran's clerical rulers, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened military action over Tehran's severe crackdown on the protests, which follow an Israeli and US bombing campaign last year against ​Iran's nuclear program and key officials. (Reuters)

Iran eases some restrictions, allows calls abroad as death toll spikes

Iran eased some restrictions on its people and, for the first time in days, allowed them to make phone calls abroad via their mobile phones on Tuesday. It did not ease restrictions on the internet or allow texting services to be restored

Iran protests LIVE updates| About 2,000 killed in Iran protests

​Around ‌2,000 ⁠people ‌were killed in ​Iran protests, an ‌Iranian ‌official ⁠told Reuters on Tuesday, ⁠blaming "terrorists" ⁠for ‌the ‌deaths ‍of civilians and security personnel.

Iran's leadership is in its 'final days and weeks', Germany's Merz

Iran unrest hits Indian basmati rice exports, prices fall sharply as payment delays mount: industry body

 Civil unrest in Iran has started impacting India's basmati rice exports to the country, leading to a sharp fall in domestic prices, as exporters face payment delays and mounting uncertainties, an industry body said on Tuesday.

The Indian Rice Exporters Federation (IREF) urged exporters to reassess risks on Iranian contracts and adopt secured payment mechanisms, warning against over-leveraging inventories meant for the Iranian market.

Iran cut internet 'after terrorist operations began': foreign minister to Al Jazeera

AFP reported Iran ordered a now more than four-day shutdown of the internet because "terrorist operations" began during protests initially sparked by economic grievances, its foreign minister told Al Jazeera on Tuesday.

Finland summons Iran envoy over deadly protests

 Finland's foreign minister said Tuesday that she would summon Iran's ambassador, after Tehran's nationwide shutdown of the internet and violent crackdown on protests.

Bangalore-German Chancellor Merz: Assume We Are Seeing the Final Days and Weeks of Iranian Regime

German Chancellor Merz in Bangalore: Assume We Are Seeing the Final Days and Weeks of Iranian Regime

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned the US that they are 'ready for war'

Al Jazeera reported the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warning the United States that the Islamic Republic is 'ready' for war if Washington wants to “test” it

Iran protests LIVE updates| Iranians tap Musk's Starlink to skirt internet blackout, sources say

Some Iranians are still using Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service despite a nationwide communications blackout, three people inside the country said, the ​latest example of Starlink being used to counter internet shutdowns in geopolitical flashpoints. Iranian authorities have in recent days launched a ‌deadly crackdown on nationwide protests, including the near-complete shutdown of internet service, which is provided through fiber-optic ⁠cables and cellphone towers.

Iran protests LIVE updates| Khamenei warns US to 'halt their deceitful actions' as Trump weighs airstrikes

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei took to X (formerly Twitter) and wrote, "The great Iranian nation has asserted its resolve and identity in the face of the enemies. This was a warning to US politicians that they should halt their deceitful actions and stop relying on their traitorous hirelings.

"These great rallies, overflowing with your firm determination, have completely shattered the foreign enemies’ plots that were supposed to be carried out by internal hirelings."

Iran protests LIVE updates| Non-essential French embassy staff have left Iran, reports AFP

Mobile phones in Iran begin to be able to make international calls after authorities cut internet in protest crackdown, reports AP

Rights group estimate a crackdown on protests killed at least 648 people, reports AFP

'Leave Iran now': US asks citizens to exit immediately amid escalating tensions

Amid escalating tensions, US has asked its citizens to leave Iran immediately.

Khamenei says strong turnout at pro-government rallies 'warning' to US

AFP reported Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday praised pro-government rallies called by authorities in response to two weeks of protests, saying the turnout was a "warning" to the United States.

Iran protests LIVE updates| Another 25% tariff on India? Donald Trump orders 'effective immediately' levy on countries doing business with Iran

US President Donald Trump on Monday announced an additional 25 per cent tariff on countries doing business with Iran.

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Iran protests LIVE updates| Trump explores diplomacy with Iran while weighing strikes

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said airstrikes were "one of the many, many options that are on the table," but that "diplomacy is always the first option for the president."

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