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| DATE | 2026-02-01 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] A Dark Day in History
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This could had been the story of the Jews if Hamas had its way
How Khamenei turned protest into slaughter - opinion
Even the regime’s own reluctant admission acknowledges roughly 36,500
killed. Iranian witnesses, medical data, and field reports point to a
far higher number.
ByNEGAR KARAMATI
FEBRUARY 1, 2026 10:25
What is unfolding in Iran is no longer political repression or civil
unrest. It is a systematic massacre, an ongoing crime against humanity.
Even the regime’s own reluctant admission acknowledges roughly 36,500
killed. Iranian witnesses, medical data, and field reports point to a
far higher number: more than 50,000 dead, with the toll still rising
amid internet blackouts and state terror.
This violence is neither spontaneous nor defensive.
Tehran’s dictator, Ali Khamenei, is faithfully following the doctrine of
the Islamic Republic’s first tyrant, Ruhollah Khomeini – power preserved
through blood. Just as mass executions cemented the regime in the 1980s,
mass killing has once again become its tool of survival.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in
Tehran, Iran January 3, 2026. (credit: Office of the Iranian Supreme
Leader/WANA
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in
Tehran, Iran January 3, 2026. (credit: Office of the Iranian Supreme
Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS)
New evidence reveals a chilling pattern: summary executions without
trial, minutes-long sham courts, shoot-to-kill orders, execution shots
fired at wounded protesters, and direct interference by security forces
inside hospitals.
A surgeon who treated victims on January 8 and 9 told The Guardian that
hospitals became “worse than any war zone,” overrun with patients shot
in the chest, abdomen, head, and neck, often multiple times, often from
behind as they tried to flee.
A state policy of killing
At the same time, thousands have disappeared. Lawyers have been barred
from registering cases. Families have not been told where detainees are
being held.
Bodies are delivered to forensic centers without explanation of who
transferred them. Credible reports suggest prisoners were executed and
then falsely counted as protest casualties, deepening the horror.
Yet in the midst of darkness, the Iranian people have spoken with
clarity. Across cities, prisons, and silenced networks, one name was
chanted: King Reza Pahlavi. This was not nostalgia, but recognition.
Today, he stands as the only unifying national figure, the symbol of a
democratic transition, and the voice capable of representing a people
whose communications have been deliberately severed.
Outside Iran, global protests have become lifelines. As the regime
weaponizes internet shutdowns, granting even traders just minutes of
monitored access, Iranians abroad and allies worldwide have stepped in
to bear witness.
When a nation is forced into silence, the world has a moral obligation
to speak.
Let there be no illusion about what happened: This was not “crowd control.”
It was an execution. People who had surrendered were gunned down. The
wounded were finished off. Some were burned alive. Some were buried
alive. The goal was simple: kill more, blindly, without limit.
When people write their demands in blood, it means every peaceful door
has been slammed shut. In such circumstances, calls for decisive
international action, including the credible threat of force against the
Islamic Republic, are not extremism.
They are patriotism aligned with humanity. Silence is complicity.
Hesitation is betrayal.
History is watching, and it will not forget.
The writer is a journalist and former US- based Persian language news
editor and anchor who works in the legal field and writes on Iran’s
political and social issues, including women’s rights and religious
minorities, particularly the Baha’i community.
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