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IranWire reported that Moein Moradian , a member of the medical staff at Imam Reza Hospital in Mashhad , was arrested on 27 Dey after security forces raided his home. According to informed sources cited by the outlet, agents entered his residence, detained him, and took him away; no official explanation has been issued so far regarding the reason for the arrest or any potential charges.
IranWire reported, citing informed sources, that Mohammad Hossein Hosseini , a 26-year-old football player from Mashhad , has been transferred to Vakilabad Prison . The outlet said security forces raided his home and arrested him on Tuesday, 23 Dey 1404 , and that he has been denied access to a lawyer and contact with his family, according to its sources.
Iranian media report that United World Wrestling (UWW) has removed all Iranian freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers from the official entry list for the Zagreb Open (Croatia) , now less than two weeks away ( Feb. 4–8, 2026 ). UWW’s published athlete list for the event currently shows no Iranian entries , while Iranian outlets suggest the issue may be tied to visa/non-issuance and registration logistics , putting Iran’s participation in the season-opening Ranking Series stop in doubt.
Semnan Governor Mohammad-Javad Kolivand said more than 300 people were arrested during the recent protests across cities in the province, describing those detained as the “main ringleaders” of what authorities call the latest unrest. The statement signals a large-scale security sweep and reinforces the government’s framing of the demonstrations as organized “riots,” even as families and rights advocates continue to seek transparency on detainees’ identities, charges, and conditions.
Nearly 20 days after the deadly protest nights of 18–19 Dey , Iran’s Health Ministry public-relations chief Hossein Kermanpour said on Monday (6 Bahman) that in the past six days alone, more than 3,000 people injured in the protests have مراجعه (presented) to medical centers. The late surge in treatment-seeking suggests either delayed access and fear-driven avoidance earlier, or a continuing pipeline of injuries reaching hospitals under pressure—adding another contested datapoint to the scale of casualties.
Iranian state-affiliated outlets quoted Nematollah Bagheri , IRGC commander for Lorestan Province , saying 334 people were injured during the recent protests. The figure adds an official-sounding data point to the contested casualty picture, even as independent verification remains difficult under ongoing security restrictions and information constraints.
Human-rights lawyer Sina Yousefi reported that a significant share of those detained in Tabriz are minors under 18 , and said human-rights attorneys are being categorically denied access to detainees’ protest-related case files. The claim adds to mounting accounts of mass arrests and legal restrictions during the crackdown, raising concerns about due process, detention conditions, and the treatment of juveniles in security-driven prosecutions.
The “Tahkim Mellat” channel published a video of families of detainees gathering outside the Central Prosecutor’s Office in Karaj , dated Saturday, 4 Bahman 1404 , with the narrator saying families have been assembling there for roughly 17 days (up to that date) in hopes of learning anything about their arrested relatives. The footage comes amid reports—previously cited by IranWire—that human-rights lawyers have been barred from taking on cases linked to the Dey 1404 protest arrests , while other accounts point to widespread detentions across multiple cities. Under continued communications disruptions that began on Thursday night, 18 Dey , the overall number of detainees and their fate remain unclear.
Roger Waters, the co-founder of Pink Floyd, posted a video on social media apologizing for his earlier remarks about Iran’s protests—comments he had made on Piers Morgan’s program. Waters had previously said the recent demonstrations were not aimed at “regime change” and that he did not support such an outcome, but his new message signals a public reversal or re-framing of that stance amid criticism.
Ali Asadollahi, a writer and member of the Iranian Writers Association, was reportedly arrested in the early hours of Monday, 6 Bahman 1404 after security agents went to his home, searched the premises, detained him, and confiscated his electronic devices. The detention appears to fit a broader pattern of pre-dawn raids and targeted arrests of activists, cultural figures, and civil society voices during the ongoing crackdown.
A video shared online is captioned as filmed at Vanak Square in Tehran on Thursday, 18 Dey 1404 (approximately January 8, 2026 ). The footage cannot be independently verified from the caption alone, but its circulation adds to a growing stream of location- and date-tagged clips documenting protest activity and security-force responses during that period.
Six videos circulating online are described as showing protests in Parand (Rabat Karim, Tehran Province) on Friday, 19 Dey (approximately January 9, 2026 ), with claims that security forces responded by firing on the crowd . Captions point to specific moments—around 1:52 —as evidence of shooting, and another note says that around 2:40 a father was hit while his daughter screamed “Dad!” The footage cannot be independently verified from the clips alone, but the time-stamped descriptions reflect a broader pattern of accounts alleging live-fire use and escalating civilian harm during that period.