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Horrendous.\u00a0 A crime against humanity.\u00a0 Other than the U.S., who is willing to stand up and do something about this?\u00a0\u00a0“At least 12,000 killed in Iran crackdown as blackout deepens,”<\/a> Iran International, 1-13-26.\u00a0 “In the largest killing in Iran\u2019s contemporary history \u2013 carried out largely over two consecutive nights, Thursday and Friday, January 8 and 9 \u2013 at least 12,000 people were killed.\u00a0In terms of geographic scope, intensity of violence, and the number of deaths in a short time span, this killing is unprecedented in Iran\u2019s history.\u00a0Based on information received, those killed were mainly shot by forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Basij.\u00a0This killing was fully organized, not the result of \u201csporadic\u201d and \u201cunplanned\u201d clashes.\u00a0Information received from the Supreme National Security Council and the presidential office indicates that the killing was carried out on the direct order of Ali Khamenei, with the explicit knowledge and approval of the heads of all three branches of government, and with an order for live fire issued by the Supreme National Security Council.”<\/p>\n

I posted the Iran Int’l story above at the same time I’m posting the NYT story immediately below.\u00a0 Notice the level of detail and numbers missing from the Times.\u00a0 “\u2018Shoot to Kill\u2019: Accounts of Brutal Crackdown Emerge From Iran,”<\/a> NYT, 1-13-26.\u00a0 “As many as 3,000 feared dead as witnesses describe government forces firing on unarmed protesters.”\u00a0 The people only have one choice left.<\/p>\n

\u201cBowen: Authoritarian regimes die gradually then suddenly, but Iran is not there yet,\u201d<\/a> BBC, 1-13-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Protester \u2018to be executed tomorrow\u2019, rights group says, as official says 2,000 killed in crackdown,\u201d<\/a> BBC, 1-13-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump Tells Iranian Protesters \u2018Help Is On Its Way\u2019,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 1-13-26.\u00a0 Notice the range of options.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran: \u2018The killing of peaceful demonstrators must stop,\u2019 UN rights chief says,\u201d<\/a> United Nations, 1-13-26.<\/p>\n

Good article by CNN.\u00a0 \u201cIran makes high-tech additions to its age-old playbook for crushing protests,\u201d<\/a> CNN, 1-13-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cLow-flying surveillance drones, [military-grade] signal jammers, a rapid-response propaganda apparatus, and the violent deployment of force were unleashed simultaneously by a regime keen to learn from each wave of unrest. \u2026 Protesters were heavily surveilled with CCTV cameras on the streets, but even those who chose to protest from their homes by shouting anti-regime slogans from their windows were being watched. Iranian police distributed a video titled \u201cIdentifable Sounds\u201d showing drones hovering outside apartment buildings to find people chanting against the regime. \u2026 Set to ominous background music, the footage showed a drone operator peering into residential windows to identify people chanting \u201cdeath to the dictator,\u201d followed by scenes of security officials marking buildings with warning stickers, and in some cases, arresting residents. \u2026 In an unusually grim move, state television aired a report from a morgue showing rows of body bags, apparently intended to deter potential demonstrators from joining. \u2026 Even SpaceX\u2019s Starlink satellite internet terminals, used by Iranians to circumvent the restrictions, were jammed using what experts describe as military-grade technology.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Horrendous.\u00a0 A crime against humanity.\u00a0 Other than the U.S., who is willing to stand up and do something about this?\u00a0\u00a0“At least 12,000 killed in Iran crackdown as blackout deepens,” Iran International, 1-13-26.\u00a0 “In the largest killing in Iran\u2019s contemporary history \u2013 carried out largely over two consecutive nights, Thursday and Friday, January 8 and 9 … <\/p>\n

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