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08:30

Good morning. We're opening the live blog now with US President Donald Trump speaking to reporters on Air Force One while flying back from Davos.

Trump said that the US is watching Iran closely:

"You know we have a lot of ships going that direction, just in case. We have a big flotilla going in that direction, and well see what happens."

"I said, if you hang those people, you're going to be hit harder than you've ever been hit. It will make what we did to your Iran nuclear [infrastructure] look like peanuts."

"And they actually said they canceled [the hangings], they didn't postpone it, they canceled it -- so that was a good sign."

"We have a massive fleet heading in that direction and maybe we won't have to use it, we'll see."

Meanwhile, NetBlocks reports that Iran's national internet blackout continues, now in its third week. The monitoring group noticed only a slight rise in overall connectivity and "tunneled users," which refers to Iranians who have managed to bypass the blackout.

The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) says that the number of confirmed fatalities has reached 5,002, while the number of deaths still under investigation has risen to 9,787. In addition, at least 7,391 people have suffered serious injuries during the protests, and the total number of arrests has increased to 26,852, according to HRANA.

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22:12

22.1.2026

We are now closing the live blog for today. We'll be back again tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. Central European time to follow the latest developments in Iran.

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19:46

22.1.2026

Iranians Mourn Family Members Killed In Mass Protests

Family and friends of Alireza Rahimi lit candles and played his favorite music on what would have been his birthday following weeks of a deadly state crackdown on protesters throughout Iran. Rahimi was killed, along with more than 4,900 others in Iran according to the HRANA human rights organization, during recent protests over a dire economy and the repressive theocracy headed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.