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Iranians living in Tokyo gathered on Sunday outside Japan’s parliament, calling on Japanese authorities and the international community to help stop what they described as the killing of Iranians by the Islamic Republic.
Rozita Rokhzadeh, a young mechanic who shared car-repair videos on Instagram, posted a final message before her death lamenting the loss of her generation’s hopes and potential, saying: “We were wasted—hardworking, brave, hopeful, and beautiful. What a waste of our youth, thrown away for nothing into their hands.” She was killed on 18 Dey in Ariashahr, according to the report.
Iran’s cyber command has ordered a nationwide restoration of international internet access to be completed within the next 24 hours, according to Iran’s state-run Fars News Agency. The report says the directive applies to all regions across the country and comes directly from the cyber command, signaling a full rollback of recent connectivity restrictions if implemented on schedule.
U.S. Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper visited Israel and met IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and other senior commanders in what Israeli media described as intensified defensive coordination —focused on preparing for potential Iranian retaliation scenarios amid expanding U.S. military deployments in the region. Israeli reporting also flagged a key concern inside Israel’s security establishment: a “miscalculation” scenario in which Iran could act against Israel based on the assumption Washington has already decided to strike Iran, even if no formal decision has been announced publicly; at the time of reporting, there was no change to Israel’s civilian guidance.
A student bulletin at Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology (KNTU) reported that Mobin Mohammadi and Yousef Yousefi—undergraduate applied chemistry students who entered last year—have remained in detention for more than three weeks after being arrested on 12 Dey outside the university by government forces. The bulletin said they are being held at Fashafouyeh prison in Tehran on allegations of “leading protests,” and warned of serious concerns over their legal status and personal safety, adding that their case process has been marked by major ambiguities and that there is no clear information on any final ruling.
Former Iran national team captain Mehdi Mahdavikia condemned the Islamic Republic’s repression of the protests, sharing a widely circulated image described as showing a shocked woman over bodies in Kahrizak and writing: “The image speaks for itself. If anyone’s heart doesn’t ache, they haven’t the slightest scent of honor or humanity.” He added that the scene leaves “no words,” urged people to imagine the pain of parents searching for their children, offered condolences to grieving Iranians, and ended with a curse on those responsible—framing the post as a rare, high-profile denunciation from a major sports figure amid the escalating crackdown.
The Telegram channel “University of Tehran – Student,” citing student reports and the university’s student council, said at least three University of Tehran students—Mobin Safdari, Ali Taheri-Kia, and Abbas Yousefi—remain in custody. Safdari, a 2023-entry undergraduate physics student arrested on 14 Dey, was described as having a heart condition and needing regular medication; Taheri-Kia, an MA directing student, has reportedly been held since 15 Dey; and Yousefi, an MA student of post-Islamic Iranian history who entered this year, was arrested on 18 Dey while returning to the dorm near Enghelab and remains detained. The channel also reported that many students at Shahid Beheshti University have been threatened or summoned by security agencies.
A video is reported to show Danial Diani, a 24-year-old protester in Kerman, who was killed by Islamic Republic forces during Iran’s nationwide protests, according to the account accompanying the footage.
Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute said Dr. Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani—reported as the daughter of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Larijani—is “no longer an employee of Emory,” adding it could not provide further details because it is a personnel matter; her university bio page has also been removed. The move follows Iranian-American protests outside Emory and a formal demand by Rep. Buddy Carter for her removal and the revocation of her Georgia medical license, citing her familial ties to a senior Iranian official.
In a message for the national mourning observance, Empress Farah Pahlavi said she honors the memory of those killed in what she called a painful tragedy, describing the suffering as a deep wound on Iran and a renewed call for empathy and humanity. She offered condolences to bereaved families, said she shares their grief, and expressed hope that by upholding truth, justice, and human dignity, the memory of those lost can be kept alive.
Reports late Saturday (22:49, 4 Bahman) said GPS signals were disrupted in some areas of Tehran. Similar navigation interference had been reported before the “12-day war,” during it, and afterward—suggesting the issue may be recurring amid heightened security and regional tensions.
Hassan Younesi, a lawyer and son of former intelligence minister Ali Younesi, issued what is being described as one of the bluntest critiques from a figure with roots close to the Islamic Republic’s old power networks, targeting three pillars at once: the Supreme Leader system (velayat-e faqih), the sitting government, and the reformist camp. In the account of his tweet, he casts “the Velayat” as the author of crimes and mass killing, frames the government as complicit in the crackdown, and accuses reformists of providing justification that enables and accompanies the violence—an intervention that signals deepening elite and family-level defections and an erosion of internal legitimacy as the crackdown intensifies.