Elon Musk’s Starlink Offers Free Internet In Iran Amid Protests, Digital Shutdown

The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency reported early Wednesday that the number of dead was at least 2,571. Iranian state television acknowledged that the country had a "lot of martyrs" but did not provide a specific figure.

Protests in Iran began in late December amid the anger over the country's ailing economy, and soon targeted the theocracy as well, especially Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Several graffiti and chants across Tehran reportedly called for Khamenei's death, something that could carry a death sentence.

1. Trump on Iran: The US President urged Iranians to keep protesting and asked them to take over their institutions. He told them that "help is on its way". Trump also called on Iran's government to "show humanity" towards the protestors and condemned the deaths in the ongoing demonstrations. He further warned that the US would respond forcefully if Iranian authorities hanged protestors amid the ongoing unrest in Iran. "We'll take very strong action if they do such a thing," he told CBS News.