Iran: Anti-Regime Violence Escalates, Total Internet Blackout
January 10th, 2026Via: Telegraph:
At least 50 demonstrators have been killed by Iranian security forces in nationwide protests that are threatening to topple the regime.
There are fears that the death toll will rise sharply as hospitals are being overwhelmed and families remain too terrified to report casualties. Blood supplies are also running low, with residents warning that people are dying because of the lack of blood available.
Donald Trump, the US president, has repeated his threats to attack Iran if it continues to use violence against protesters. He warned Iran’s leaders on Friday night: “Better not start shooting because we’ll start shooting too.”
Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, has placed the country’s security services on their highest state of alert and ordered his Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to take control of the crackdown amid fears of defections by the police and army.
At least 50 people have been killed, the vast majority by gunshot wounds, while 15 members of the security forces are dead, according to human rights groups. Unverified media reports put the death toll at more than 200, but The Telegraph cannot independently confirm the figure owing to a total internet blackout.
I think it’s likely that this article is a mixture of both true information and politically expedient misinformation.