As many as 30,000 people could have been killed in the streets of Iran on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health told TIME—indicating a dramatic surge in the death toll.

President Trump indicated he's watching the Iranian regime's response to massive protests that began late last month.

The scale of nationwide protests in Iran and the bloody crackdown that has followed is slowly coming into focus, even though authorities have cut off the country from the internet

There’s an ongoing, near-total blackout of the internet in Iran. The shutdown is part of a response by the government to ongoing protests against rising inflation and the value of the nation’s currency plummeting.

By Michelle Nichols Jan 23 (Reuters) - Iran will treat any attack "as an all-out war against us," a senior Iranian official said on Friday, ahead of the arrival of a U.S. military aircraft carrier strike group and other assets in the Middle East in the coming days.

President Donald Trump has said the military will intervene if the Iranian government kills peaceful protesters.

Trump promised Iranian protesters 'help is on its way' but paused military action, sparking debate over U.S. credibility and intervention strategy in Iran.

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