A brutal Iranian crackdown has appeared to quash most protests, and officials are seeking to portray a sense of 鈥渘ational solidarity.鈥 But images and eyewitness accounts of shocking 鈥渁trocities鈥 are accumulating that paint a different picture.
Clayton Collins
We hotfooted, with care, all week on stories from Greenland to Minneapolis.聽Venezuela news ebbed a bit, in its 鈥渘ow what?鈥 moment. Iran聽news surged. We go deep with two stories today on the Islamic Republic. They鈥檙e astute takes on truth-versioning inside Iran and on scenarios for (and some possible effects of) any U.S. action. Then we check in from Ukraine.
We believe in weekend respites. Also read today about a Dolly Parton book and about how our essayist reframed the chore of laundry.聽Find more news on our homepage. The Daily takes a break Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and resumes Tuesday.