American aircraft carrier sets course for Iran
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln with its accompanying strike group has set course for Iran from the South China Sea, several media outlets report.
The strike group includes fighter jets, missile destroyers and at least one submarine, according to The Hill. It is said to take about a week before it reaches the area.
The move comes at a time when US President Donald Trump has threatened to respond to the Iranian regime's handling of the nationwide protests in the country.
According to information to NBC, Trump has been held back by several countries in the Middle East from carrying out an attack, as it would risk regional stability and may not be enough to overthrow the regime.
Report: Families are being asked for money to bring bodies home
Families of protesters who have been killed in Iran are being asked for large sums of money to bring the bodies home. This is according to relatives who the BBC has spoken to.
Several sources say that the dead are being kept in morgues or hospitals and that security forces are demanding money to let families collect the bodies.
In Tehran, two parents were forced to pay 50,000 kronor to bring their son home. Witnesses say that similar situations exist throughout the country.
Hospital staff have also reportedly started calling relatives to urge them to collect bodies. One woman was told through such a call that her husband had been killed and was warned not to go to the hospital before the security forces arrived to demand money.
"I had his body in the back of my pickup truck and cried for seven hours over his death, while my children sat in the front seat," one woman says through a relative.
“Cigarette Woman” – Symbol of the Bloody Protests
A young woman lights a cigarette using a burning photograph of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The image has become a global symbol of the bloody protests in the country, and opponents of the Iranian regime around the world are taking after her.
The video was published on X on January 9 and quickly went viral. International media initially had difficulty verifying when and where it was recorded. Reuters later determined that it was authentic and had been filmed in Canada.
The woman, who does not want to be named due to security concerns, says she is an Iranian refugee who now lives in Toronto. She tells this to The Objective magazine, which is one of the few interviews she has given.
On social media, the “cigarette woman” is seen as breaking norms because she defies several of the regime’s laws. Setting fire to a picture of the Ayatollah can lead to the death penalty in Iran.
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