Iran’s Bloodiest Crackdown in Decades

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🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Jan. 27. Rights groups say the death toll could exceed 10,000 or more as new details trickle out of Iran’s deadly crackdown on protests earlier this month. WSJ’s Margherita Stancati says fear and mourning has paralysed the country. Plus, the EU and India reach a free-trade deal, linking together almost two billion consumers. WSJ trade reporter Kim Mackrael says this comes as a number of U.S. trading partners are actively taking steps to curb their reliance on America. And Southwest’s open seating policy is over after more than 50 years. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.5	The EU and India seal a free trade deal decades in the making. Plus, rights groups in Iran
0:33.7	break through a communications blackout to shed light on the true death toll in recent protests.
0:39.4	Even at lower estimates of the crackdowns, this would rank as one of the biggest political killings
0:45.2	in recent history, exceeding even the toll of China's 1989, moved to clear Tiananmen Square.
0:51.8	And the latest from Minnesota, as President Trump shakes up his immigration strategy.
0:57.3	It's Tuesday, January 27th.
0:59.3	I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News,
1:04.2	the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
1:09.3	After two decades of on-again- off-again talks, the European Union and
1:14.4	India say they've reached a free trade deal. The deal will be the largest for both economies,
1:20.6	linking together almost 2 billion consumers. And as trade reporter Kim McCraill is here to discuss,
1:26.2	it comes as a number of U.S. trading partners
1:28.3	are actively taking steps to curb their reliance on America.
1:32.6	Kim, thanks for being with us this morning.
1:34.2	What should we know about this agreement, the broadstrokes?
1:37.0	It's quite a big deal, actually, for both economies.
1:39.2	They both say it's the largest one they have done with a bilateral trading partner.
1:45.5	And it includes some pretty big concessions in terms of lowering tariffs on the Indian side. They're looking at quite a
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