<h1>Iran allows outbound mobile calls while internet and SMS remain blocked amid deadly protests and rising casualty reports.</h1> Iran permitted outbound mobile phone calls but continued to block SMS and internet access to foreign sites, with only limited government approved local connections; activists reported a sharply rising death toll while state media acknowledged numerous martyrs. In response, multiple governments summoned Iranian ambassadors, publicly condemned the use of force and internet shutdowns, and the EU and the UK announced or prepared targeted sanctions and other measures against individuals and sectors implicated in the repression.