Protests escalate in Iran with little information getting in or out
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4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Protests in Iran have turned deadly, with hundreds feared shot and killed. The government has shut all communications with the outside world, making it difficult to get accurate information from the ground. But a few have been able to get through, using Starlink, a satellite internet network, including one doctor living in New York. Also, Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked Grok, the AI chatbot feature on the social media platform X, citing concerns that the chatbot is being used to produce sexually explicit images. And, an inside look at the Venezuelan capital as uncertainty over the country’s future continues. Plus, we take a listen to a single from Dhruv’s debut album, a singer with roots in India and an upbringing in Singapore.
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| 0:00.0 | The Iranian government has been cracking down on protesters. |
| 0:08.4 | People are so scared to even show their face in public worrying that they're going to get |
| 0:12.5 | to identify and arrest them. |
| 0:13.8 | I'm Carolyn Beeler. |
| 0:15.3 | And I'm Marco Wurman today what we know about the situation in Iran on day four of an internet |
| 0:20.1 | blackout. Also today, what people |
| 0:21.9 | want now in Venezuela. A free and fair election, this man says. In Europe, overnight trains |
| 0:29.7 | from city to city have a spotty record for passengers. I've had amazing journeys, terrible journeys, |
| 0:36.5 | delays on- time arrivals. |
| 0:38.9 | What that means for the system. |
| 0:41.1 | Plus, the problem with GROC. |
| 0:43.3 | Someone can undress you and put it out there and anyone can view what looks like you being naked. |
| 0:50.1 | That's all ahead today, here on the world. |
| 0:56.7 | This is the world. I'm Marco Werman. |
| 0:58.9 | And I'm Carolyn Beeler. Thank you for starting your week with us. |
| 1:02.2 | It is day four of an information blackout in Iran. |
| 1:05.5 | The government has shut down communications in an attempt to stifle massive protests. |
| 1:09.9 | Iranians have been on the streets calling for the government |
| 1:12.1 | to be dismantled, but since late last week, getting any firsthand accounts of what's happening on the ground |
| 1:17.2 | has been very hard. The world Shirin Jafari has been following the story as best she can. What is the latest, |
| 1:22.8 | Shiren? Marco, today the Iranian State TV showed a pro-government demonstration. |
| 1:28.3 | The president, Masuq Pasechkiyan, attended it along with his supporters. |
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