An official from Ministry of Health and Medical Education confirmed in an interview with the newspaper Shargh the authenticity of “disturbing” photos published from an alley behind Al‑Ghadir Hospital in Tehran.
Reports from Iran on Monday, February 23, indicate that protest gatherings continued for a third consecutive day at several universities in Tehran and Mashhad, along with a demonstration at Isfahan University of Technology.
A U.S. official confirmed in an interview with Voice of America that negotiations between Iran and the United States will be held on Thursday in Geneva.
The Embassy of India in Tehran said in a social media statement that, in light of ongoing developments in Iran, Indian nationals residing in the country are advised to depart using available means of transportation, including commercial flights.<
In a statement published on Friday, February 20, 2026, the human rights organization also reported that at least eight of these individuals were tried and sentenced to death only a few weeks after their arrest.
Human rights experts from the United Nations on Friday, February 20, 2026, urged Iranian authorities to transparently disclose the fate and whereabouts of individuals who were “detained, forcibly disappeared, or missing” following the January protests, and to halt all death sent
Domestic media described the day with dramatic headlines such as “an earthquake in Tehran’s stock market” and “a bloody day for the exchange.”
Mohammad-Bagher Abdollahi, CEO of the Eshragh Pharmacists Cooperative in Iran, expressed concern over the sharp rise in medicine prices in the country — “especially in recent weeks” — saying that “the majority of people” can no longer afford the medications they need
In a statement published early Saturday on its website, Serbia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said:
At least nine Kurdish citizens — Saeed Naderi, Hossein Behnamneh, Abolfazl Darbandi, Behzad Akbari, Saeed Yari, Mohammadamin Nazari, Yousef Khattavi, Adib Nazari, and Armin Piraei — were arrested by security forces in the cities of Abdanan and Sarableh in Ilam Provin
