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9 Jan 2026, 18:18

🔸Prince Reza Pahlavi, in a message addressed to Donald Trump, the President of the United States, urged him to be ready for "intervention to help the people of Iran." In this message, published on Friday evening, January 19, on platform X, he addressed Donald Trump, stating: "This is an urgent and immediate call for your attention, support, and action." Mr. Pahlavi noted the widespread presence of Iranian citizens in the streets during the day and night of Thursday, January 18, writing, "Today, they are facing not only bullets but also a complete blackout of communications. There is no internet. No landline." He added that Ali Khamenei "wants to use this blackout to kill these young heroes." Prince Reza Pahlavi referred to the threat posed by Donald Trump to the Iranian regime, stating that this threat "has caused the regime's thugs to retreat. But the time is very sensitive. The people will come back to the streets in an hour. I ask you to help." He described the President of the United States as "a man of peace and a man of his word" and requested: "Please be ready to intervene to help the people of Iran."
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🔸As internet access is cut off and there is uncertainty about the situation inside Iran, a large number of Iranian users abroad are addressing world leaders in various languages, requesting their assistance. Many Iranian users outside the country, who previously only operated in Persian on platform X, have been tagging human rights organizations, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and other world leaders since noon on Friday, January 19, calling for internet access for the people inside Iran.
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🔸State-run news agencies reported the deaths of six people during the protests in Hamadan on Thursday, January 18. Iranian television, in a report on the protests in this city, referred to the protesters as "anti-revolutionary elements and thugs" and reported the death of "Mohammad Javad Bakhsian, a military captain."
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The fact-checking group Factnameh and BBC Persian confirmed that the video related to the casualties in Fardis Karaj on January 18 is authentic.
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🔸Thirteen days after the start of widespread protests in Iran, there is no accurate count of the number of detainees in various cities. The news agency HRANA, which covers human rights news, has reported that the number of detainees over the past 12 days has exceeded 2,277.
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🔸The Secretariat of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, following widespread anti-government protests last night in many cities, stated in a statement that recent events, although initially sparked by economic demands and protests, have been "directed towards creating insecurity" in the country by Israel's guidance and planning.
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🔸The Axios website reported in a report published on Friday, January 19, that the U.S. intelligence assessment regarding the impact of the protests in Iran is changing. The report stated that the intelligence assessment in the United States until early this week was that the protests "lack the energy and capacity to challenge the stability" of the Iranian government, but following recent developments, this assessment is being "revised." An unnamed senior U.S. official told Axios: "These protests are serious, and we will continue to monitor them."
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🔸Reports indicate that yesterday, over 50 small and large cities in the Kurdish regions of Iran across four provinces—Kurdistan, West Azerbaijan, Kermanshah, and Ilam—closed their markets and shops in solidarity with the nationwide protests in Iran.
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🔸Nikita Bier, head of products at X, announced that the social network is making changes to the emoji of the Iranian flag, which will soon be implemented in the web version. According to this change, the Islamic Republic flag will be replaced with the historical symbol of the lion and sun.
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