US EditionThe terrible reality of Iran’s deadly protest crackdown emerges
Ayatollah Khamenei admitted thousands died in crackdowns on protests that began over economic issues and grew into calls for regime change, with over 3,300 confirmed deaths reported.
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Iran’s Violent Crackdown Strains Diplomatic Relations With the Vatican
Kaveh Kazemi People pass by a newly inaugurated metro station in honor of the Virgin Mary named St. Mary opposite the Armenian church on Jan. 26, 2026, in Tehran, Iran. ANALYSIS: The Holy See and Iran have had a continuing dialogue in recent years. But the killing of large numbers of Iranian demonstrators by government forces is causing grave concern inside the Vatican.
Inside Iran’s hospitals at the centre of the crackdown
Shayan Asadi* was fleeing the authorities in Tehran near Kaj Square in Saadat Abad district on 8 January after taking part in protests that had engulfed the country for the past three weeks. Her friend Askhan Abdi was running a few steps behind her. She suddenly heard gunfire, shot after shot ringing out. When she looked back, she saw her friend lying on the ground. She and another friend lifted him into their car and drove to the nearest Atieh …
Iran’s Protest Crackdown and Khamenei’s Doctrine of Violence
As fragmentary reports of mass killings trickle out of Iran, it is difficult to absorb the alleged scale and speed of the violence being committed there. A crime of this magnitude—thousands killed, by most estimates—has unfolded in a matter of just two or three days. At a special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva last week, Payam Akhavan, an Iranian-Canadian lawyer and former prosecutor for the Milošević trials at The …
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