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Ahmad Fatemi, a member of Iran’s parliament and the Majles Social Commission, said that many people injured during the “Iranian national revolution” protests were not transferred to hospitals and lost their lives—an admission that underscores concerns about access to emergency care and the conditions surrounding the handling of casualties.
Iran’s Prosecutor General Mohammad Movahedi Azad dismissed Donald Trump’s claim about plans to execute around 800 people, calling it “false” and saying no such figure existed and no decision had been made. He added that Iran’s judiciary is an independent institution and “does not take orders from foreigners.”
Information cited by Iran International says Milad Mianehkhah Monfardi, 29, was killed in Anzali on the night of 19 Dey after being shot with live ammunition by Islamic Republic security forces during the ongoing protests. The report notes he previously played for Malavan’s youth teams. The circumstances described have not been independently verified.
Iran’s Coordinating Council of Teachers’ Trade Associations reported that Reza Moslemi, a teachers’ صنفی (labor/union) activist in Hamedan, was detained in the city on 19 Dey. No further official details on the charges or his whereabouts were provided in the report.
Mohammad Saeedi, Khamenei’s representative in Iran’s Qom province, said that if “the enemy” attacks Iran, Tehran will draw “the entire region” into the conflict—language that underscores a deterrence narrative and signals a broader escalation risk beyond Iran’s borders if military pressure intensifies.
Speaking aboard Air Force One, Donald Trump said he has not seen a reliable estimate of how many people have been killed in Iran’s protests, arguing that “no one knows the number” but that it is “a lot.” He added that even a single death would be front-page news “in this country,” while cautioning there is a meaningful gap between “a lot” and figures as high as 20,000. Trump said the United States will find out what the precise number is and “determine exactly” the real death toll.
Yahya Rahim Safavi, a senior military adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has been quoted in Iranian media as saying Iran is “not in a ceasefire” but in a “stage of war,” warning that another war with Israel (and potentially the United States) could begin at any time and suggesting that a future conflict could be decisive in ending further wars. Separately, Safavi has previously used messaging about undisclosed capabilities—telling Al Jazeera in 2006 that Iran had “weapons which are unknown to others”—language now resurfacing in renewed escalation narratives.
A received citizen video shows a person with the body of a man identified as his “brother,” accompanied by the claim that he was killed in Kermanshah on Thursday, 18 Dey after being shot with a shotgun. The clip includes the chant “We’ll take justice!” The identity, circumstances, and timing described in the video have not been independently verified.
Received videos described as from Fardis in Alborz province show what is claimed to be families waiting for the bodies of people killed on Thursday, 18 Dey. The footage is being shared as part of wider accounts of delays and uncertainty around the handover of remains. These videos and accompanying claims have not been independently verified.
Received videos are being shared with the claim that protesters in Qazvin set fire to a statue of Qassem Soleimani positioned outside the provincial governor’s office on Thursday, 18 Dey. The footage and accompanying details have not been independently verified.
A received video is being circulated with the claim that it shows a protester who was shot in Tehran’s Selsebil area (Roudaki Street) on Thursday, January 8, 2026. The footage and accompanying description are graphic in nature, and the time, location, and circumstances have not been independently verified.
A sender circulated images and two videos they said were taken at/near Tehran’s Tehranpars Hospital and linked them to people killed on 18–19 Dey, claiming the photos corroborate a previously shared video whose authenticity they had doubted. The same sender alleged that, to prevent security forces from removing bodies for clandestine burial, people set fire to a vehicle that had arrived to transport them—an incident they dated approximately to 19–20 Dey. These materials and claims have not been independently verified.