Iran Human Rights Documentation Center said it received an account in which a wounded protester lay motionless inside a plastic body bag for 3 days, fearing security forces would kill him if discovered.
The group said his family searched for him for 3 days before going to Kahrizak, where they found him alive among bodies, suffering from severe gunshot wounds. According to the account, he survived without food or water by remaining still, and was later taken to a hospital for treatment.
Europe’s appeasement strategy towards Iran has achieved just one thing: nothing.
It’s time to act: put the IRGC on the EU terrorist list, ramp up sanctions, shut Iranian embassies in Europe, and recognise the democratic opposition.
And: release all European hostages immediately, including Ahmadreza Djalali.
That’s a real strategy.
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To our non-Iranian friends:
Manook Khodabakhshian, an Iranian political analyst with many accurate predictions (RIP), once said: "There are TWO Islamic Republics! One inside Iran & one OUTSIDE! You must defeat BOTH in order for Iran to be free."
What you see today with lobby groups & media spreading regime propaganda, censoring Iranians & their voice or trying to embolden the fringe groups who lack support inside Iran is in fact the Islamic Republic OUTSIDE Iran! We need your help to defeat it! Thank you!
#JavidShah #IranRevoIution2026
LIVE: Human rights groups have verified thousands of deaths in the latest wave of Iran protests, the highest in decades.
@treyyingst has the latest as Supreme Leader Khamenei breaks his silence. https://t.co/Gb5wbvMmnq
'SPECIAL MESSAGE': Iranian state television hacked to broadcast exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi urging the military to 'join the people' in protest https://t.co/PfAffVNj56
🇺🇸🇮🇷 TRUMP: TIME FOR NEW IRAN LEADERSHIP!
Trump calls for new Iranian leadership amid the deadly protests and clashes with Iran’s ruler.
Trump accuses Khamenei guilty of destroying the country and using violence against protesters.
Protesters held in Iranian prisons have described abuse, including forced nudity, exposure to cold, and injections with substances of unknown composition while in custody, a source close to a detainee’s family told Iran International.
The source said a detained young protester sent a message from inside prison saying he and several others had been subjected to such treatment after their arrest.
According to the detainee, prison officers stripped detainees naked in the courtyard of the detention facility and kept them outside the building for a prolonged period in winter conditions. The officers then sprayed the detainees with cold water using a hose, the source said.
The detainee also said that the following day, prison officers injected him and several other prisoners with substances whose contents were not identified.
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DAVOS SNUB: World Economic Forum withdraws Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's invitation amid deadly crackdown against protesters https://t.co/SDONQFqo4I
🔴 Tomorrow afternoon.
Parliament will debate the brutal violence in Iran, where authorities have used lethal force against protesters.
Watch the debate live on this account.
🇶🇦 There’s a reason Qatar wants to preserve (and push for) the status quo in Iran.
Doha has reaped massive profits from the shared South Pars/North Field gas field—while the Islamic Republic’s corruption and incompetence has practically handed Qatar billions in wealth for years.
The Iranian dictatorship is not on the verge of collapse - it is fighting to survive. While the overwhelming majority of Iranians want freedom and would reject the regime in a fair election, the reality is that the ruling minority controls the guns, the prisons, and the machinery of violence. History shows that dictatorships do not fall because of statements of solidarity or moral condemnation; they fall only when they are decisively weakened and defeated.
The Iranian people will lose without help.
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@tedcruz would you pick safety over keeping financial gain for American people?!
For safety help people of Iran bring the regime down and rule their country.
For financial gain keep the status quo and loose future gains!
Seems like a simple call!
@realDonaldTrump@BarronTNews_
Senator Ted Cruz: I want to take a moment to speak to the people of Iran.
America stands with you. President Trump stands with you.
The people of Iran taking out their tyrannical regime would make America much, much safer.
This is not about fear of war or chaos.
It is about fear of competition.
A prosperous, stable Iran is a strategic and economic threat to several regional economies, most notably Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
This has been openly acknowledged before by Reza Pahlavi, who has repeatedly stated that tourism is one of Iran’s largest untapped national resources.
It remains untapped not due to lack of demand, but due to the ideological constraints imposed by the current regime. Tourism requires openness, normalization, and international trust. The Islamic Republic rejects all three.
Saudi Arabia’s concern is structural. Vision 2030, driven by MBS, is built on positioning Saudi as the region’s primary tourism, investment, and logistics hub.
That model assumes limited regional competition. A free Iran breaks that assumption overnight.
Turkey’s concern is similar, though less openly discussed.
Tourism has long been a pillar of Turkey's economy. Even marginal competition from smaller destinations like Albania has already diverted tourist flows and revenue.
Iran, by contrast, would enter the market with scale: history, culture, climate diversity, major cities, and a population base that is both very hospitable and supports sustained growth.
Tourism is only one dimension.
A normalised Iran would also:
• Reassert itself as a central east–west trade corridor
• Re-enter global energy markets at scale
• Absorb and redirect long-term foreign investment
• Remove a major regional risk premium currently priced into neighboring economies
Neighbouring countries are not afraid of war or chaos.
Chaos can be managed and exploited.
Prosperity cannot.
A strong, wealthy, and stable Iran does not threaten its neighbors militarily.
It threatens them economically.