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The caput of Iran’s judiciary signaled Wednesday (January 14, 2026) determination would beryllium accelerated trials and executions up for those detained successful nationwide protests contempt a warning from U.S. President Donald Trump.
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The comments from Iran’s judiciary main Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei travel arsenic activists had warned hangings of those detained could travel soon. Already, a bloody information unit crackdown connected the demonstrations has killed astatine slightest 2,571, the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency reported. That fig dwarfs the decease toll from immoderate different circular of protestation oregon unrest successful Iran successful decades and recalls the chaos surrounding the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Mr. Trump repeatedly has warned that the United States may instrumentality subject enactment implicit the sidesplitting of peaceful protesters, conscionable months aft it bombed Iranian atomic sites during a 12-day warfare launched by Israel against the Islamic Republic successful June.
Mohseni-Ejei made the remark successful a video shared by Iranian authorities tv online.
“If we privation to bash a job, we should bash it now. If we privation to bash something, we person to bash it quickly,” helium said. “If it becomes late, 2 months, 3 months later, it doesn’t person the aforesaid effect. If we privation to bash something, we person to bash that fast.”
His comments basal arsenic a nonstop situation to Mr. Trump, who warned Iran astir executions an interrogation with CBS aired connected Tuesday (January 13, 2026), “We volition instrumentality precise beardown action,” Mr. Trump said. “If they bash specified a thing, we volition instrumentality precise beardown action.”
Meanwhile, activists said connected Wednesday (January 14, 2026) that Starlink was offering escaped work successful Iran. The outer net work has been cardinal successful getting astir an net shutdown launched by the theocracy connected January 8. Iran began allowing radical to telephone retired internationally connected Tuesday (January 13, 2026) via their mobile phones, but calls from radical extracurricular the state into Iran stay blocked.
“We tin corroborate that the escaped subscription for Starlink terminals is afloat functional,” said Mehdi Yahyanejad, a Los Angeles-based activistic who has helped get the units into Iran. “We tested it utilizing a recently activated Starlink terminal wrong Iran.”
Starlink itself did not instantly admit the decision.
Security work unit besides seemingly were searching for Starlink dishes, arsenic radical successful bluish Tehran reported authorities raiding flat buildings with outer dishes. While outer tv dishes are illegal, galore successful the superior person them successful homes, and officials broadly had fixed up connected enforcing the instrumentality successful caller years.
