🇮🇷⚡️— Iranian regime forces have opened fire on protesters, according to local reports.

➡️Sources also claim that demonstrators have captured several soldiers amid the clashes.

🇮🇷⚡️ Reports indicate that anti-Islamic protesters in Iran are now armed, with people seen carrying weapons in the city of Ahvaz.

The situation is described as a significant escalation.

—Tousi Tv

🇮🇷⚡️— A map released by the Faytuks Network shows the current status of protests across Iran.

🔴Red markers indicate protests ongoing since before January 1, 2026.

🟠Orange markers indicate protests that began on January 1, 2026.

🇮🇷⚡️List of protests at the end of Day 5 (1.1.26)

🗺Shiraz, Isfahan, Malard, Karaj, Zahedan, Kermanshah, Tehran, Mashhad, Shush, Hamadan, Dargahan, Najafabad, Yazd, Gorgan, Kerman, Arak, Nurabad, Foladshahr, Urmia, Izeh, Malayer, Shahrekord, Kazeroon, Genaveh, Farsan, Ahvaz, Sabzevar, Fasa, Dehloran, Asadabad, Ramhormoz, Shirvan, Eslamshahr, Zanjan, Saveh, Dezful, Farsan, Eslamabad-e Gharb, Kuhdasht, Marlik, Mamasani, Nahavand, Dorud, Yasuj, Aligoodarz, Khorramabad, Rasht, Jonghan, Babol, Kish Island, Lali, Baghmalek, Junaqan, Lordegan, Marvdasht, Juyabad, Bandar Ganaveh, Jahrom, Harsin, Robat Karim Qom, Kavar (fars province), Ilam, Azna, Vakilabad, Maali Abad, Firuzabad, Nishapur, Chaharbagh, Bandar Abbas, Robot Karim, Pardis

⚡️Protests reported in at least 69 locations.

🇮🇷🔥⚡️— Iranian protesters retaliate, setting Basij forces ablaze with Molotov cocktails.

🔗https://x.com/osint613/status/2006838281003233369?s=46

👑❌🇮🇷🇮🇷 — Iranian Protesters in Mashhad, Eastern Iran, stopped the arrest of one member of the crowd by the Basij during protests tonight

▶️#BREAKING

🇮🇷⚡️— Iranian media report that a state of emergency has been declared in several cities across the country amid mass protests.

▶️#BREAKING

🇮🇷⚡️—According to preliminary reports, Iranian security forces say they have regained full control of the situation after unrest linked to economic instability.

▶️#BREAKING

🇮🇷⚡️—Iranian media report that multiple cities across the country have now been placed under full martial law.

🇮🇱🛫— According to Israeli journalist Yaron Avraham, the Prime Minister and his delegation have just departed Florida and are en route back to Israel.

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦💥— Russian strikes have been carried out against targets in Zaporizhia.

👑❌🇮🇷🇮🇷 — In Marvdasht, Fars Province, Central Iran, as a NOPO (Counter-Terrorism/Riot Police unit) advanced into the city, a NOPO officer opened fire at the vehicle of a family slowly passing by at close range

👑👧🔒📝 — Six women detained during protests in Tehran have been transferred to the women’s ward of Evin prison, US-based rights group Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said.

The women were moved late on Wednesday after spending a day in intelligence custody, HRANA reported, citing an informed source.

They were identified as:

Elnaz Kari
Negar Ghanbari
Helena Rostami
Masoumeh Nouri
Fatemeh Hashempour
and Aida, who was identified only by her first name.

https://x.com/IranIntl_En/status/2006746053022814219

🇵🇰🤝👑👑 — A video shared on social media shows a protester spray-painting the slogan “Long live the King” on a wall in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan

🔗 Iran International English (@IranIntl_En)

▶️#BREAKING

🇮🇷⚡️— Hengaw Organization for Human Rights says Iran’s protests have led to at least 119 arrests, 7 deaths, and 33 injuries so far.

—Faytuks Network

🇺🇸🇺🇸⚡️—U.S. Marines conducted maritime interdiction training in the Caribbean Sea as Washington increases pressure on commercial shipping linked to sanctions violations.

➡️According to the official X account of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU), the training took place on December 31, 2025, during the unit’s deployment with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group.

⚓Marines from the Maritime Special Purpose Force practiced visit, board, search, and seizure operations, including high-speed approaches, ship boarding, and control of non-compliant vessels.

➡️The drills come amid expanded U.S. enforcement actions in the Caribbean, including recent interceptions of oil tankers linked to illicit trade and sanctions evasion.

🇻🇪🇮🇷 ✈️— Iranian-made Mohajer-6 armed drones have been spotted at El Libertador Air Base in Venezuela, providing the first public photographic evidence of these medium-altitude, long-endurance UAVs in Venezuelan Service.

➡️The images circulated on social media show the Mohajer-6 on the tarmac, indicating a deepening military cooperation between Caracas and Tehran and introducing new operational risks for U.S. forces in the Caribbean region.

➡️The drone expands Venezuela’s aerial surveillance and strike capabilities with endurance up to 12 hours and the ability to carry precision munitions.

🇺🇸⚡️This development comes as the U.S. Treasury has imposed sanctions on Venezuelan and Iranian entities over their involvement in drone production and transfer, highlighting Washington’s concerns about the proliferation of Iranian UAVs in the Americas.