Update 2026-01-14: According to recent media reports, a militant group of Iranian Kurds announced on Tuesday (13 January) that it had taken control of a Revolutionary Guard base in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah. CNN was unable to immediately confirm the reports.
Meanwhile, the foreign policy situation appears to be escalating further: also on Tuesday (13 January), the United States called on its citizens in Iran to leave the country. According to media reports, the US President had previously stated that people should continue to protest and that help was ‘on its way’. In the course of the evening (Washington local time), President Trump then renewed his threat and announced strong reactions in the event of the execution of individual demonstrators.
