Jackie Northam

Multiple channels broadcast on state TV by satellite were interrupted Sunday evening, showing video supporting Iran's exiled crown prince, Reza Pahlavi.

It's unclear how much support he garners in Iran.

There was also footage of Iranian security forces on the street, with a message urging them not to turn their weapons on the protesters.

The semi-official Fars news agency acknowledged the hack, but not what was on the video.

Iran's authoritarian regime has imposed a near-total internet and communications blackout since last week, leading to speculation whether the hackers used Starlink satellite system run by SpaceX.

Jackie Northam, NPR News.

Iran's judiciary chief said the Iranian regime needed to move quickly to judge and punish anyone taking part in the protests and that any protesters who beheaded or burned anyone alive should be executed.

His comments followed a warning by President Trump that the U.S.

would take, quote, very strong action if protesters were handed the death penalty.

Trump urged Iran to show some humanity.

More than 18,000 people have been detained in the protests, which started in late December, according to the Human Rights Activist Network in Iran.

The group says more than 2,400 people have died.

Jackie Northam, NPR News.

Denmark and Greenland requested the meeting with Secretary Rubio, who has tried to tamp down President Trump's increasingly aggressive remarks about wanting ownership of Greenland for national security reasons, even if it means by military force.

Trump recently said if the U.S.

doesn't take the semi-autonomous territory, Russia or China will, adding the U.S.

can take it the easy way or the hard way.

Analysts believe any such move would split the NATO alliance.

Denmark and Greenland have rejected pressure from the White House ahead of the meeting with Rubio and Vice President Vance.

Denmark has offered to work with the U.S.