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Children shot, bodies burned with acid & limbs snapped: Iran’s atrocities

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Twiglets1 · 01/02/2026 07:06

BRAVE Iranians say the world has yet to “grasp the depth of catastrophe” of the regime’s bloody crackdown as they revealed harrowing accounts of violence.

Witnesses told The Sun how they saw the Ayatollah’s ruthless stooges gun down children, burn bodies with acid, and break the limbs of protesters.

One source said: “Please inform the world so our voice reaches everywhere about the crimes of the Islamic Republic.”

Protests early in January descended into scenes of untold bloodshed as evil Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ordered his death squads to “show no mercy”.

Panicked Khamenei – facing the biggest challenge to date to his barbaric rule – has tried to keep the oppressed nation cloaked in an internet blackout.

But despite his attempts to conceal the savagery of his death squads, courageous Iranian freedom fighters have shared chilling first-hand accounts with The Sun.

Given the immense personal risk they have put themselves under to speak out, we have changed their names or left them anonymous to protect their identities.
These accounts detail the atrocities that everyday people in Iran’s MEK Resistance Units face.

One source in the city of Shiraz told The Sun: “My brother works in a hospital. Slaughter is underway. What you see is only one-tenth of reality.

“Many were beheaded. Bodies were taken elsewhere to reduce the numbers".

Iran’s government claims the death toll is 3,117, saying 2,427 were civilians and security forces, while the remainder were “terrorists.”

Opposition-linked outlet Iran International, which is based outside Iran, said at least 36,500 Iranians were killed as Khamenei masterminded an unprecedented crackdown.

The current death toll is the highest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution ousted the late Shah and delivered power into the hands of the ayatollahs.

But with an internet blackout enforced and the regime burying and burning bodies, the true grisly toll may never be known.

Ali, a medical student in Tehran, told how at the height of the protests hospital shifts were cancelled for all staff – except for a handful “trusted” by tyrannical rulers.

Children bled to death and others were left blinded or with life-changing injuries as they were left helpless without vital medical care.

He told The Sun: “Those people didn’t care at all. They didn’t even attend to children.”

In one case, a 12-year-old boy had been shot several times – but was still alive and speaking.

Doctors refused to give him life-saving blood, however, and he died.

Many hospital patients being treated for gunshot wounds disappeared after being dragged away by security forces.

Sources in Iran also revealed the regime’s Republican Guard and Basij brutes arrested and executed doctors for treating wounded protesters.

Graphic images that emerged from the streets of Iran laid bare the sheer scale of slaughter – with bodies piling high.

Bodies of those killed by the merciless regime, meanwhile, were dumped in mass graves or hurled out of moving vehicles, witnesses say.
Others were burned with fire and acid “so no trace would remain for families”, a source said.

But for those who dodged death, their ordeals bore the hallmarks of a horror film as IRGC thugs terrorise and torture survivors.

www.thesun.co.uk/news/38034579/iran-death-squad-atrocities-children-shot-acid-burned/

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EasternStandard · 01/02/2026 20:16

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 19:42

I feel very sorry for the Iranians. However, I don’t suppose to know what exactly it is what every Iranian, a population of 90+ million people, want. I know what the Iranian diaspora want. Most of whom live out of the regime. Most of whom were quite wealthy. Including Pahlavi. Who has had a trouble free life living in the US of A. I know many Iranians. Do you? Have you asked them what they want? I doubt it. Tub thumping from England isn’t going to achieve a lot.

What’s ’tub thumping’ exactly?

Talking about the horrific actions of the regime? Is that not wanted by you?

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 20:19

AelitaQueenofMars · 01/02/2026 20:15

Is that ‘maybe I do’ in the room with is now? And uf you know lots of Iranians as you claim, perhaps you’d care to share with us what they want? So far you’re being pretty vague about it.

Not Pahlavi, not to be “rescued” by the USA, and not Netenyahu. An interim parliament until they can choose their own leader. Christ, it’s not rocket science.

Vinvertebrate · 01/02/2026 20:21

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 20:12

And at least that’s an honest response.

Funny old world isn’t it? Some of the most pro-Israel people I’ve ever met have been amongst the Iranian diaspora, despite them being (at least notionally) Muslim. DH is currently reading “Jews don’t Count” by David Baddiel, because what he describes is completely analogous to the experience of freedom-seeking Iranians in 2026.

What possible justification can there be to support these lunatics? My SIL was arrested and detained for “un-Islamic dress” last year, despite (reluctantly) wearing a hijab. Assuming you’re a woman, is that the kind of world you want to live in?

EasternStandard · 01/02/2026 20:23

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 20:19

Not Pahlavi, not to be “rescued” by the USA, and not Netenyahu. An interim parliament until they can choose their own leader. Christ, it’s not rocket science.

It’s not particularly easy is it given the regime’s violent response.

Surely you can see that. Posting they should just get this isn’t removing those violent barriers.

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 20:29

Vinvertebrate · 01/02/2026 20:21

Funny old world isn’t it? Some of the most pro-Israel people I’ve ever met have been amongst the Iranian diaspora, despite them being (at least notionally) Muslim. DH is currently reading “Jews don’t Count” by David Baddiel, because what he describes is completely analogous to the experience of freedom-seeking Iranians in 2026.

What possible justification can there be to support these lunatics? My SIL was arrested and detained for “un-Islamic dress” last year, despite (reluctantly) wearing a hijab. Assuming you’re a woman, is that the kind of world you want to live in?

No, absolutely not. As I said, I know many Iranians. I don’t think many of them want to go back to living under a Shah. Equally as awful at the time due to the Savak. However, I will stand by the fact that change has to come from within. And I hope it does. However, Westerners, chomping at the bit, for Trump to go in is not necessarily the right solution for Iran right now.

Vinvertebrate · 01/02/2026 20:40

My FIL (now deceased) worked in the last Shah’s government, so it’s perfectly possible that I have a sanitised view, but I don’t think Savak - whilst undoubtedly violent and oppressive - brutalised the entire population in the way that the IRGC does. Savak took a very hard line against Islamists and communists, and ultimately those are the joint forces that led to the 1979 revolution (and probably also the reason why useful idiots like Corbyn still see the Ayatollah as some kind of anti-capitalist hero). But you’re right that replacing one autocracy with another would probably not be a recipe for long-term harmony in Iran.

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 20:44

Vinvertebrate · 01/02/2026 20:40

My FIL (now deceased) worked in the last Shah’s government, so it’s perfectly possible that I have a sanitised view, but I don’t think Savak - whilst undoubtedly violent and oppressive - brutalised the entire population in the way that the IRGC does. Savak took a very hard line against Islamists and communists, and ultimately those are the joint forces that led to the 1979 revolution (and probably also the reason why useful idiots like Corbyn still see the Ayatollah as some kind of anti-capitalist hero). But you’re right that replacing one autocracy with another would probably not be a recipe for long-term harmony in Iran.

Sounds reasonable.

AelitaQueenofMars · 01/02/2026 20:44

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 20:19

Not Pahlavi, not to be “rescued” by the USA, and not Netenyahu. An interim parliament until they can choose their own leader. Christ, it’s not rocket science.

And how is that supposed to happen if ‘it’s not rocket science’ but the majority seem to be looking the other way, marching in the streets waving regime-supporting banners and coming onto discussion threads about it to say ‘but Israel!’ If you think it’s what all your Iranian friends want, what are you doing to make it happen? Because active deflection on threads like this ain’t it.

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 20:45

Although to be fair, I think the Savak were a little bit worse than you have portrayed. Did you live there?

AelitaQueenofMars · 01/02/2026 20:46

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 20:29

No, absolutely not. As I said, I know many Iranians. I don’t think many of them want to go back to living under a Shah. Equally as awful at the time due to the Savak. However, I will stand by the fact that change has to come from within. And I hope it does. However, Westerners, chomping at the bit, for Trump to go in is not necessarily the right solution for Iran right now.

Sorry, are we all ‘chomping at the bit’ on here for Trump to go in? Really?

OhMaria2 · 01/02/2026 20:46

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They are doing the same thing. Murdering civilians. Which is easy to condemn.

Nosejobnelly · 01/02/2026 20:47

mids2019 · 01/02/2026 14:40

I am sorry but undoetunately I am not surprised the pro Iranian regime sickos have paired up with the pro pallys. True colours and all that.

Me too, this is why Greta et al have been silent about Iran.

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 20:48

AelitaQueenofMars · 01/02/2026 20:44

And how is that supposed to happen if ‘it’s not rocket science’ but the majority seem to be looking the other way, marching in the streets waving regime-supporting banners and coming onto discussion threads about it to say ‘but Israel!’ If you think it’s what all your Iranian friends want, what are you doing to make it happen? Because active deflection on threads like this ain’t it.

And here we have it. Not everyone lives in the UK. There are no protests where I live. I doubt I could drum up 2 people who would even care enough about this from where I am from. Little Britain.

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 20:49

AelitaQueenofMars · 01/02/2026 20:46

Sorry, are we all ‘chomping at the bit’ on here for Trump to go in? Really?

Lots are. Where is the Armada…..?

keepeofthesevenkeys · 01/02/2026 20:51

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 20:48

And here we have it. Not everyone lives in the UK. There are no protests where I live. I doubt I could drum up 2 people who would even care enough about this from where I am from. Little Britain.

You clearly care enough to post on this thread.

justasking111 · 01/02/2026 20:52

They'll have to keep talking because how can they go in gung ho without killing innocent Iranians.

keepeofthesevenkeys · 01/02/2026 20:53

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 19:59

And what do you actually know about this? How many people are advocating for change within Iran? You don’t. You are just have a hatred for a regime that you have been told about. You don’t really know anything do you? Maybe I do.

I am well aware of Trumps beautiful Armada, and his beautiful ships now placed in the Arabian Gulf. I am also aware that Iran are about to carry out a whole load of military operations in the Straits of Hormuz. Were you? Do you also realise that should Iran decide to put mines in the Straits, then that is shipping fucked. No oil. Bad luck. And yet you would rather play with fire than go for the diplomatic solution. Good luck.

How is change supposed to come from within if those trying to bring it about are shot in the street, tortured, raped and publicly executed?

Ihatetomatoes · 01/02/2026 20:55

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 19:59

And what do you actually know about this? How many people are advocating for change within Iran? You don’t. You are just have a hatred for a regime that you have been told about. You don’t really know anything do you? Maybe I do.

I am well aware of Trumps beautiful Armada, and his beautiful ships now placed in the Arabian Gulf. I am also aware that Iran are about to carry out a whole load of military operations in the Straits of Hormuz. Were you? Do you also realise that should Iran decide to put mines in the Straits, then that is shipping fucked. No oil. Bad luck. And yet you would rather play with fire than go for the diplomatic solution. Good luck.

Are you cheering on Iran and its regime there. Positively lapping it up.

Tell me what is it about the regime that executed more people than any other country in the world, repressed women, gays and others, slaughtered thousands of it's young people for merely protesting is it ggat you love and admire so.much? Would love to know..

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 20:55

keepeofthesevenkeys · 01/02/2026 20:51

You clearly care enough to post on this thread.

Because maybe, just maybe, I have lived some of my life in some of these horrific places that you all seem to like to get so worked up about. And my understanding might differ to yours. Walk a mile in my shoes….

AelitaQueenofMars · 01/02/2026 20:56

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 20:48

And here we have it. Not everyone lives in the UK. There are no protests where I live. I doubt I could drum up 2 people who would even care enough about this from where I am from. Little Britain.

I didn’t specify the UK in my post. It really is a waste of time trying to engage with you.

Pigeon chess aside, for anyone in ‘the West’ or even ‘Little Britain’ (flagellate yourselves you awful people!) on here who is interested in what is happening, keeping up to date with the Iran Liberty Association is worthwhile.

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 20:56

Ihatetomatoes · 01/02/2026 20:55

Are you cheering on Iran and its regime there. Positively lapping it up.

Tell me what is it about the regime that executed more people than any other country in the world, repressed women, gays and others, slaughtered thousands of it's young people for merely protesting is it ggat you love and admire so.much? Would love to know..

Where have I said that? Your imagination is vivid.

justasking111 · 01/02/2026 20:58

AelitaQueenofMars · 01/02/2026 20:56

I didn’t specify the UK in my post. It really is a waste of time trying to engage with you.

Pigeon chess aside, for anyone in ‘the West’ or even ‘Little Britain’ (flagellate yourselves you awful people!) on here who is interested in what is happening, keeping up to date with the Iran Liberty Association is worthwhile.

Thanks for the link

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 20:58

AelitaQueenofMars · 01/02/2026 20:56

I didn’t specify the UK in my post. It really is a waste of time trying to engage with you.

Pigeon chess aside, for anyone in ‘the West’ or even ‘Little Britain’ (flagellate yourselves you awful people!) on here who is interested in what is happening, keeping up to date with the Iran Liberty Association is worthwhile.

As you like.

Addybee · 01/02/2026 21:03

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 19:42

I feel very sorry for the Iranians. However, I don’t suppose to know what exactly it is what every Iranian, a population of 90+ million people, want. I know what the Iranian diaspora want. Most of whom live out of the regime. Most of whom were quite wealthy. Including Pahlavi. Who has had a trouble free life living in the US of A. I know many Iranians. Do you? Have you asked them what they want? I doubt it. Tub thumping from England isn’t going to achieve a lot.

Do you not think the 40,000 people who went out and sacrificed their lives for freedom don’t speak volumes about what the Iranian people in Iran want? (Not even counting the many who were injured and in hospital , imprisoned.)

The reason the diaspora’s voice is louder is not because it’s more influential, but because people inside Iran have been systematically silenced.

Time and time again in these discussions, I see the argument that change must come from “within.” But how, exactly, is that supposed to happen under a brutal, authoritarian regime like the Islamic Republic? Why do you think people are forced to protest again and again? Because Iran is not a democratic country, and there are no safe or legitimate mechanisms for change.

What’s particularly frustrating is the way Iranians are spoken about as if they’re naive, or unaware of the costs and risks of foreign intervention. As if they don’t understand what that could mean. The reality is that many do understand those risks, deeply and yet are still willing to take that chance rather than remain under a barbaric regime that has stripped them of dignity, freedom, and life itself

FairPearlSnake · 01/02/2026 21:07

Addybee · 01/02/2026 21:03

Do you not think the 40,000 people who went out and sacrificed their lives for freedom don’t speak volumes about what the Iranian people in Iran want? (Not even counting the many who were injured and in hospital , imprisoned.)

The reason the diaspora’s voice is louder is not because it’s more influential, but because people inside Iran have been systematically silenced.

Time and time again in these discussions, I see the argument that change must come from “within.” But how, exactly, is that supposed to happen under a brutal, authoritarian regime like the Islamic Republic? Why do you think people are forced to protest again and again? Because Iran is not a democratic country, and there are no safe or legitimate mechanisms for change.

What’s particularly frustrating is the way Iranians are spoken about as if they’re naive, or unaware of the costs and risks of foreign intervention. As if they don’t understand what that could mean. The reality is that many do understand those risks, deeply and yet are still willing to take that chance rather than remain under a barbaric regime that has stripped them of dignity, freedom, and life itself

It’s a wild number. I’m not disputing, but it is absolutely out of the realms of any figures that I have seen. As for where, well Syria did it. Took a while, but they got there. Much smaller population.