Since an internet blackout was imposed in Iran on January 8, Shadi Mahjoum, a medical student at University College Cork, has been robbed of any contact with her family. “Of course, I am grateful for all the opportunities I’ve had but those people who lost their lives in Iran could have been me. She said:They have cut us off from our families because they don’t want any news of the killings to get out. Wearing the colours of her home country, UCC student Shadi Mahjoum says she fears for the safety of family and friends and the wider community back home in Iran. “They were going to execute this man until people started screaming his name on social media and his execution got postponed," says Shadi Mahjoum.

Source: Irish Examiner January 20, 2026 12:11 UTC