[UPDATE-DAY #42] Trump Envoys Signal Military Resolve to Iran Aboard USS Lincoln

Iranian forces fired from police station and mosque in Najafabad, witness says An eyewitness has described what he called an organized and deadly crackdown on protesters in the city of Najafabad in Iran’s Isfahan province, saying security forces opened fire on crowds from both a police station and a mosque. In an audio message sent to Iran International on Sunday, the witness said large numbers of people took part in protests on January 8 and 9, and that authorities responded with what he described as a “massacre.” He said plainclothes agents infiltrated the crowd on the evening of January 8…