Iranian Americans participate in a candlelight vigil outside the White House for Iranians killed during this month's protests in Iran. Some of those were killed “brutally and inhumanely,” Khamenei said without offering detail in a public meeting broadcast on state TV. He said US president Donald Trump was culpable for “deaths, damage and accusations he has inflicted on the Iranian people”, and that Washington’s broader policy goal was to place Iran under military, political and economic domination. The protests have taken place during a record-long internet blackout for Iran’s population of about 92 million people. NetBlocks on Friday said the current blackout had surpassed the internet shutdown imposed during the country’s 2019 protests.

Source: The Irish Times January 17, 2026 16:04 UTC