New protests hit Iran as alarm grows over crackdown 'massacre'Listen to this articleNew protests hit Iran overnight after two weeks of actionPARIS (FRANCE) - Iranians took to the streets in new protests against the clerical authorities overnight despite an internet shutdown, as rights groups warned on Sunday that authorities were committing a "massacre" to quell the demonstrations. The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said it had confirmed the deaths of 116 people in connection with the protests, including 37 members of the security forces or other officials. Norway-based Iran Human Rights is due to issue a new toll later Sunday. But activists warned that the shutdown was limiting the flow of information and the actual toll risks being far higher. The US-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said it had received "eyewitness accounts and credible reports indicating that hundreds of protesters have been killed across Iran during the current internet shutdown".

Source: Bangkok Post January 11, 2026 08:43 UTC