There are no signs of protests on the streets of Tehran for several days. Photo: Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto / Shutterstock Editorial / Profimedia
More than 3,000 people have died in Iran's nationwide protests, according to data compiled by a human rights group, and the country saw a “very slight increase” in internet traffic after an eight-day blackout, according to Reuters.
The US-based HRANA organization announced that it verified 3,090 deaths, of which 2,885 were protesters, the balance coming in the context where information from people in Iran suggests that the protests have been suppressed for the time being, and the Khamenei regime's press announced new arrests.
The capital Tehran has been relatively quiet for four days, said several residents contacted by Reuters. Drones are flying over the city and there were no signs of major protests on Thursday or Friday, said the people, who asked not to be named for safety reasons.
A resident of a town in the northern Caspian Sea said the streets there also seemed calm.
The protests erupted on December 28 due to economic hardship and turned into large-scale demonstrations demanding an end to clerical rule in the Islamic Republic, culminating in mass violence late last week. According to opposition groups and an Iranian official, more than 2,000 people have been killed in the worst internal unrest since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution.
“Data shows a very slight increase in internet connectivity in #Iran this morning,” after 200 hours of blackout, internet monitoring group NetBlocks said on X. Connectivity remained at about 2% of usual levels, it said.
Several Iranians abroad claimed on social media that they were able to send messages to users living in Iran on Saturday morning.
US President Donald Trump, who had threatened “very tough measures” if Iran executed protesters, said leaders in Tehran had called off the mass executions.
“I greatly respect the fact that all the scheduled executions by hanging that were supposed to take place yesterday (over 800) have been canceled by the leadership of Iran. Thank you!” he wrote on social media.
Iran has not announced plans for such executions, nor has it said it would call them off.
