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Information continues to elude you in dribs and drabs the censorship and blocking of the internet and communications imposed by the Iranian Government, but the videos, the accounts of witnesses and the data provided by human rights organizations suggest that the ayatollah regime is carrying out one of the largest campaigns of repression against its population in recent decades.
According to data from the NGO HRANA published this Wednesday, the death toll from the violence carried out against the millions of protesters who have flooded the streets of numerous cities in Iran since the end of last year now amounts to 2.571 personas. Among the dissidents there are even more chilling numbers, which could be around 12,000 deaths. Despite the blackout, images have emerged of rows and rows of black body bags.
Donald Trump has threatened the Islamic Republic with taking “very strong measures” if the Iranian authorities begin to execute protest leaders. The US president is considering the possibility of launching a new attack against Tehran so that its leaders “stop the senseless killing” and has warned that help, without specifying what kind, “is on the way.”
Iranian women demonstrate in Tehran in favor of the ayatollah regime.
Reuters / WANA
One of the first to be executed by hanging may be Erfan Soltania 26-year-old young man arrested on January 8 in a town on the outskirts of Tehran and accused of “waging a war against God.” Amnesty International has denounced his case, warning that Iranian authorities could “once again resort to speedy trials and arbitrary executions to crush and deter dissent.”
Eyewitnesses claim that government forces have begun to open fire with automatic weapons against defenseless protesters and sometimes indiscriminately. Hospital staff detail that the injured initially had impacts from pellets, but now they are from bullets and skull fractures.
The regime of the ayatollahs and their supreme leader, Ali Jameneisee in the massive protests an existential threat to their survival and therefore they have responded with brutal force to protect their interests. After almost half a century in power, his promises to improve the lives of all Iranians come face to face with one of the largest internal mobilizations in its history.
In an interview with the network CBS On Tuesday night, Trump confirmed that he is aware that “a fairly substantial number” of people have died during the more than two weeks of protests, which erupted in the wake of inflation and economic crisis. According to human rights organizations, Iranian security forces have detained more than 18,000 protesters.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameni during a meeting in Tehran last week.
Sons / Reuters
The Republican president, questioned directly about the hangings that will supposedly begin this Wednesday, indicated that his Administration will not look the other way. “They’re not going to do well”he warned. “If they hang them, you’re going to see some things.” The authorities have told the family of young Erfan Soltani that he had been sentenced to death, according to the NGO Hengaw.
In a previous message on his social networks, he encouraged Iranians to continue with the protests and “take over the institutions.” Tehran called the US desire for regime change “fantasies”, accusing Washington of provoking chaos as a “pretext for military intervention.”
Iran responds with threats
For the first time in several days, Iranians were able to make phone calls abroad Tuesday after authorities cut off communications. According to some testimonies, members of the security services have been searching for Starlink satellite internet terminals, in some cases breaking into apartment buildings with satellite dishes.
Although Trump has signaled that Iranian authorities are willing to negotiate, public statements by the Islamic Republic’s leaders indicate otherwise. The Iranian Defense Minister, Brigadier General Aziz Nafizardeh, threatened this Wednesday with attacks on US bases in the region if Washington launches an offensive against the Persian nation.
In a letter sent to the United Nations Security Council, the Iranian delegation accused the Republican president of promoting political destabilization, inciting violence and threatening the sovereignty, territorial integrity and national security of the country.
“The United States and the Israeli regime have a direct and undeniable legal responsibility for the consequent loss of innocent civilian lives, particularly among young people,” lamented the Iranian ambassador to the UN in a message posted on social networks.