PRESIDENT TRUMPS APPROVAL RATING

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As of March 8, 2026, President Donald Trump's approval rating has dipped, with polling averages placing him in the high 30s to low 40s, influenced by rising tensions in the Middle East.
(The Economist +2)

• Key polling data and averages around this date include:The Economist/YouGov (March 8, 2026): 38% approve, 58% disapprove, with a net rating of -19.

• Silver Bulletin Average (March 7, 2026): -13.0 net approval (41.9% approve vs 54.7% disapprove).

• Daily Mail/J.L. Partners (March 5-6, 2026): 44% approve, following a dip attributed to the conflict with Iran.

• Reuters/Ipsos (March 7, 2026): Approx. 39% approval.

The Economist +4

Factors Influencing Rating: Conflict with Iran: A recent, significant factor for the dip in approval, with many voters citing it negatively.

Economic Pressures: Inflation and cost of living remain top concerns.

Job Approval: A 36% approval rating among all adults was noted in late February, with 61% stating his policies move the country in the wrong direction.

Independence Approval: Support among independent voters dropped to 26%.
CNN +4

Economic Outlook: Although the economy was previously strong, concerns about a potential 2026 downturn are rising, driven by policy uncertainty and tariff-induced spikes in consumer prices.

Inflation & Rates: Inflation dropped to 3.0% y September 2025, yet Federal Reserve officials remained cautious about cutting rates too quickly, as inflation was still above their
target. ( 2.4-2.8 % 2026)

Market Sentiment: Investor mood has shifted from optimism to anxiety regarding a potential major economic downturn later in the year 

(perception that the president deliberately wanted to sabotage the economy), 

1. Accelerationism: destroy a society in order to replace it with a satanic globalist woke paradise, 

2. *******************************************************, compared to the USA'S paper economy of $30 trillion.)

3. The Iran war is part of that process,

4. Wars for Israel. So that Israel can finally have an empire, on the rubble of compromised Middle East states which have been destabilised by ''al-Qaeda'' and ISIS.

5. Importing a large number of lower-tier illiterate MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSLIMS into the USA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, UK, FRANCE, and GERMANY, after that, using them for RACE-BAITING (They eat with their hands, don't you know!) for the purpose of justifying neo-crusades, and false, unverified gossip.     Mullah Iran.

Though not certain, with the impending economic trouble. How does that pan out with the Rothschilds' Globalist plans?

Blatant cynical hypocrisy. A bit like championing the abolition of abortion laws and then proceeding to RAPE THEM, RITUALISTICALLY KILL THEM IN EPSTEIN'S PRESENCE/APROVAL, TO COOK THEM/SUNDAY ROAST THEM, EAT THEM AND DRINK THEIR BLOOD.

As I have stated for several years, if anybody is listening, he is not a CHRISTIAN WHO REGULARLY PRAYS TO GOD AT A designated church IN DC or MAR I LARGO. HE PRAYS FOR THE CAMERAS in the White House only, without pure deeds and pure thoughts. He is a SATANIST GLOBAL GERMAN JEW who worships BAAL, and GEORGE SOROS, who happens to reside in GERMANY with occasional visits to NY (George Santos aka the Rothschilds). 

Thus, in his universe, there is a massive divergence between what he says and what he does, beloved by SPOOKS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, DECEPTION, DISHONESTY, ILLEGALLY FOOLING AND SCAMMING THE PLEBS AND EXTREME NARCISSISM (Mirror Mirror on the wall....)

NARCISSISM   LOOKS   OUTWARD APPEARANCE

ELLEN DEGENERATE ALLEGEDLY KILLED her Lesbian girlfriend, Anne Heche, as she championed children's right to life. She then bought her dead friend's body and proceeded to eat her former girlfriend slowly, during Christmas and special occasions, in celebration of Hollywood.

Imagine if you had such a BAAL worshipper in the WHITEHOUSE MAKING STRATEGIC DECISIONS FOR THE COUNTRY.

YES, let's focus on the politicians and fixers in power only, for now.

BTW, speaking from personal experience, a ROTHSCHILD GLOBALIST BOT is very often A MALE who displays extreme unpredictability, anger tantrums and MENTAL INSTABILITY, WITH THREATS OF VIOLENCE AROUND THE CORNER. Such traits are deliberately designed by the ROTHSCHILDS as a controlling mechanism of NORMAL GOD-FEARING RATIONAL HUMANS. 

HITLER, MUSSOLINI, KHOMENEI, SADDAM HUSSEIN, AND SEAN CONNERY.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7zBwwml2rs

THEY DON'T SMILE THAT OFTEN.

Ayatollah Rohullah KHOMEINI, squatting in a mansion in PARIS in 1978. Surrounded by Western faggot spooks and Ebrahim Yazdi, being prepared to enter IRAN on my birthday.

In general, there may be a perception that President Trump is not in charge, does not have a plan for the American economy, and despite firing senior staff like Kirsti Neom (a shock absorber/deflection crisis actor for the president--their job is to make the president appear normal, within the circus act), this perception of not being in control will persist and affect his approval rating.

The Trump tariffs are clearly bad, and maybe described as ''scammy'' for his billionaire buddies and especially Howard Lutnick, one of the sleaziest weasels in the American government, and a butt buddy of Epstein. President Trump's loyalty to Trump tariffs is thus very touching, with very severe outcomes for the American economy.

One can overplay the race-baiting card too far after the DNC invited them into the USA. ''Somali pirates'' is outrageous race-baiting by a civilised, rich country. Third-world immigrants are not the fundamental problem for America. Americans are gradually finding out with horror, who exactly are the real enemies and problems of the USA--specifically, globalists who have dual loyalty, and do not have the true interests of the country.

BABIES' BLOOD EXTRACTED AFTER TORTURE, IN AFGHANISTAN, AFTER .....

President Trump can retreat to the base (30%), but that will only lead to a landslide defeat in November 2026, and there are certain indications that, after that, a lame-duck presidency.

Scammy, cheap, satanic America!      Scammy, cheap, bargain basement presidents.

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1. First Trump Presidency (2017–2021): Major Promises That Failed or Were Not Delivered

Immigration & Border

1. Mexico will pay for the border wall

Promise: Mexico would finance a massive wall along the southern border.
Outcome: The U.S. government funded construction instead; Mexico never paid.

2. Build a complete wall across the southern border

Promise: Build a continuous wall along the ~2,000-mile border.
Outcome: Only limited sections were built or replaced; the full wall was never completed.

3. End “catch-and-release”

Promise: Eliminate the practice of releasing migrants while awaiting court hearings.
Outcome: The policy largely continued due to legal and logistical constraints.
Health Care

4. Repeal and replace Obamacare immediately

Promise: Repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with something “better.”
Outcome: The ACA was never repealed; congressional attempts failed.

5. Health insurance for everybody

Promise: Trump said there would be coverage for everyone.
Outcome: No universal replacement plan was enacted.

6. Lower drug prices dramatically

Promise: Drug prices would drop significantly.
Outcome: Some limited policies were attempted, but broad reductions never occurred.
Economy & Debt

7. Eliminate the U.S. national debt

Promise: Pay off the U.S. national debt in eight years.
Outcome: The debt increased significantly during his presidency.

8. Bring back massive manufacturing jobs

Promise: Restore large numbers of industrial jobs lost to globalization.
Outcome: Manufacturing employment rose modestly pre-COVID but did not return to historic levels.

Foreign Policy

9. Defeat ISIS quickly

Promise: Destroy ISIS rapidly.
Outcome: ISIS lost territory but was not completely eliminated.

10. Make North Korea abandon nuclear weapons

Promise: Nuclear disarmament following summits with Kim Jong Un.
Outcome: North Korea retained and expanded its nuclear arsenal.
Politics & Governance

11. “Drain the swamp”

Promise: Reduce corruption and lobbyist influence in Washington.
Outcome: Many lobbyists and industry figures joined the administration.

12. Lock up EVIL Hillary Clinton

Promise: Prosecute Hillary Clinton for emails.
Outcome: No prosecution occurred.

Reality: Instead gave blow jobs to hubby Bill, and sex with Bill in the SATAN ISLAND. Whether there was a threesome, not sure?

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A RAVING FAGGOT. NOT A REAL MAN WHO LOOKS OUT FOR AMERICA 1ST.

A REAL MAN

2. Second Trump Presidency (2025–Present): Promises Already Failing or Unfulfilled

Early assessments show many promises remain unmet or face serious obstacles.
Economy

13. “Make America affordable again”

Promise: Rapidly lower the cost of living.
Status: Tariffs and economic policies may increase prices rather than reduce them.

14. Slash electricity and energy prices by half

Promise: Reduce energy bills by 50–75%.
Status: No evidence yet that this target is achievable.

15. Pay off the national debt

Promise: Eliminate U.S. debt.
Status: Economists say this is unrealistic; tax cuts could increase deficits.
Foreign Policy

16. End the Russia-Ukraine war quickly

Promise: Resolve the war soon after taking office.
Status: The war continues with no settlement.

17. Be a global “peace president”

Promise: Reduce military conflict.
Status: Military actions and aggressive policies have continued.
Domestic Policy

18. Government efficiency overhaul

Promise: A major restructuring initiative reportedly involving Elon Musk’s “DOGE” project.
Status: The initiative failed and was shut down early.

19. Expand IVF coverage nationwide

Promise: Increase insurance coverage for fertility treatments.
Status: Critics say there was initially no clear policy plan to implement it.

3. Recycled Promises From 2016 Repeated in 2024

Analysts note Trump repeated several promises he had already failed to achieve, such as:


Fully repealing Obamacare


Completing the border wall


Ending foreign wars quickly


Reviving coal industry jobs


Eliminating the national debt

These promises were revived during the 2024 campaign despite earlier failures.

4. Overall Promise Performance

Some academic and media trackers estimate:

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Trump made hundreds of campaign promises during the 2016 campaign.


Only about 23% were completed in full by the end of the first term.

REAL approval rating 35%, which will go down to zero by NOVEMBER 2026.

He needs to be replaced by the GOP. Quickly.

Hitler bunker to the bitter end is not going to work.

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Trump has broken or abandoned a large share of his major promises in both his first and now second terms, and his impulsive, grievance‑driven leadership style makes a coherent long‑term strategy for the U.S., its allies, and the international order far harder to sustain.



1–20: First‑term broken or failed promises

21–40: Second‑term broken, stalled, or internally contradictory promises

41–60: How Trump’s leadership traits and mental‑health‑related concerns complicate policy and alliance strategy

1–20: First‑term promise failures (2017–2021)

1. Mexico paying for the wall – Trump did not make Mexico pay for the border wall; U.S. taxpayers funded limited new barriers and repairs, and only a fraction of the promised wall was actually built.


2. Physical wall completion – He promised a continuous “great wall”; instead, most construction was replacement or secondary fencing, not a new continuous barrier.


Mass deportation of “millions” – There was no sustained “deportation force” and deportations did not reach the campaign’s promised “millions per year” level.


Ending birthright citizenship – He repeatedly vowed to end it, even by executive order, but never did.


Nationwide “stop and frisk” and national right‑to‑carry – He pledged to push national concealed‑carry reciprocity and removal of “gun‑free zones,” but these did not pass Congress.


Full repeal and replacement of Obamacare “on day one” – The repeal effort failed in the Senate; the law survived and remains the core of U.S. health‑insurance architecture.​


“Insurance for everybody” that is “much less expensive” – His backed proposals would have reduced coverage and did not create universal coverage or clearly lower costs.​


Prescription drug price cuts via negotiation – He promised the government would negotiate prices aggressively; structural reform on this front largely stalled in his first term.​


Massive infrastructure bill (“Infrastructure Week”) – He touted a huge program (often “1 trillion dollars”), but no comprehensive, dedicated infrastructure package was passed; the phrase “Infrastructure Week” became a joke.


Eliminating the federal deficit and reducing national debt – He claimed he would eliminate the federal debt in 8 years, but deficits rose, and the debt increased significantly even before the Covid shock.​


Sustained 3.5–4% economic growth – Growth never averaged above 3% annually during his first term, falling far short of his repeated targets.​


Renegotiating NAFTA into something dramatically better for workers – USMCA tweaked NAFTA but did not constitute the radical re-industrialisation he promised, and many manufacturing job gains stalled even before 2020.


Bringing back coal and “ending the war on coal” as a jobs engine – Despite regulatory rollbacks, structural decline in coal employment and plant closures continued.​


Swift re‑negotiation of the Iran nuclear deal to get a “better deal” – He withdrew from the deal but never secured a replacement; Iran’s nuclear program advanced, and tensions escalated.​


Forcing allies to dramatically increase defense spending through pressure alone – He claimed NATO was “obsolete” and that his toughness would make allies pay; while some spending rose, there was no large‑scale, structural burden‑sharing transformation matching his rhetoric.


Term limits for members of Congress – He pledged to push a constitutional amendment, but did not seriously pursue it.​


Major action on student loans and tuition – Promised to address soaring college costs and simplify repayment; no major structural reform materialized in his first term.​


“Draining the swamp” and reducing lobbyist influence – His administration featured extensive lobbying ties, ethics waivers, and revolving‑door appointments, undermining his promise of radical anti‑corruption reform.


Comprehensive “law and order” strategy reducing crime nationally – Crime trends were mixed, and he offered more rhetoric than a coherent, evidence‑based national strategy.​


Overall fulfilment rate – One systematic analysis found he made hundreds of promises in 2016 and fully delivered on only about a quarter by the end of his first term, far below his campaign claims.

21–40: Second‑term (2025–2029) promises: failures, stalls, and contradictions

Many second‑term promises build on earlier ones but are even more sweeping or unrealistic.

Restoring very low inflation and “booming” growth quickly – He promised rapid macroeconomic improvements; early second‑term performance has not matched the magnitude or speed of his rhetoric.​​


Large, immediate energy price cuts (“cut in half”) – He pledged to halve electricity and energy prices within 12–18 months, a claim far out of line with energy market dynamics and not achieved.


Cutting car insurance rates by 50% – There is no plausible federal mechanism to do this at scale, and no such reduction has occurred.


Capping credit‑card interest rates at about 10% – He has not delivered legislation or regulation to impose such a cap; market rates remain much higher.


Making car‑loan interest and home generators tax‑deductible nationwide – These items have not been enacted into law despite being highlighted as signature cost‑of‑living promises.


Building “Freedom Cities” with flying‑car infrastructure – The “10 Freedom Cities” and futuristic transport promise remains aspirational, with no concrete implementation roadmap.


Keeping Social Security and Medicare fully intact “no cuts” – His broader fiscal agenda (tax cuts, defence spending, and annual budget cuts) is internally inconsistent with long‑term solvency guarantees, making the “no cuts” pledge very hard to honour.


Cutting the federal budget every year, He has promised continuous annual cuts while simultaneously advocating expensive initiatives and tax reductions, an internally conflicting agenda.


Creating a “government efficiency commission” that eliminates fraud enough to fund big tax cuts – Anti‑waste commissions historically find savings, but nowhere near the scale implied; there is no evidence his proposal has delivered transformative savings.


Aggressively reducing federal regulations while also promising stability for key sectors – Ongoing deregulatory pushes in areas like climate and finance introduce uncertainty that undercuts his claims of predictable business conditions.


Keeping the U.S. dollar as unquestioned reserve currency while attacking key institutions – He pledges to defend dollar dominance while undermining central‑bank independence and institutional predictability, which support that dominance.​


“America First” trade policy that still strengthens alliances – Tariffs and transactional tactics strain relations with allies and multilateral institutions, clashing with rhetoric about leading a strong allied bloc.


Cancelling “green mandates” while promising long‑term energy security – Rolling back electric‑vehicle and climate policies satisfies some domestic constituencies, but it contradicts stated aims to ensure future‑proofed energy competitiveness.


Fighting crime and drugs with harsh rhetoric but limited structural reforms – Second‑term promises again emphasize toughness, but deeper policing, sentencing, and social‑policy reforms remain underdeveloped or inconsistent.


Sweeping immigration crackdown without systemic capacity – Renewed vows of mass deportations and hardline measures run into the same legal, logistical, and diplomatic constraints as in his first term.


“Total” dismantling of DEI and transgender protections – He promises to end federal DEI programs and roll back transgender rights nationwide, but faces constitutional limits, court challenges, and state‑level resistance.


Expanding presidential authority while preserving checks and balances – His embrace of plans like those in Project 2025 implies a more centralized presidency, in tension with stated respect for “constitutional” government and ally expectations of a rule‑of‑law partner.


Hardline stance on China while undermining allied trade coordination – Confronting China requires tight coordination with allies, but his protectionist and confrontational stance toward them undercuts that coalition‑building.


Assuring allies of U.S. reliability while threatening to abandon or condition security guarantees – Statements suggesting allies must “pay up” or face reduced protection clash directly with his promises of strong leadership of the “free world.”


Overall second‑term promise trajectory – Early tracking shows many 2024 campaign promises (on prices, crime, immigration, culture, and bureaucracy) either stalled, internally contradictory, or on paths unlikely to reach the advertised scale.

41–60: Leadership style, mental‑health concerns, and strategic policy

Here, the focus is not on diagnosis, but on how behaviour patterns described by political psychologists and mental‑health experts affect statecraft.

Impulsivity and policy volatility – Analysts note Trump often makes rapid decisions based on gut instinct rather than a structured process, leading to sudden policy shifts (for example, on Syria or trade) that complicate long‑term strategy.


Reliance on grievance and personal loyalty – His leadership style centers loyalty to him personally and perceived slights, which can distort policy priorities away from consistent national‑interest criteria.


Limited tolerance for dissenting information – Accounts from former officials and academic analyses describe a tendency to dismiss or attack unwelcome briefings, making thoughtful, evidence‑based strategy formation more difficult.


Narcissistic traits and self‑image – Many experts argue he shows traits associated with narcissism (grandiosity, need for admiration, low empathy), which can make it harder to accept constraints, admit error, or sustain cooperative diplomacy.


Communication style and cognitive concerns – Observers have noted repetitive phrasing, tangents, and difficulty maintaining topic focus in public speech, which some interpret as possible cognitive ageing or decline, though others dispute a clear diagnosis.


Unpredictability as a constant tactic – While some unpredictability can be a bargaining tool, Trump’s pattern of frequent reversals makes it harder for allies and adversaries to credibly interpret U.S. commitments.


Erosion of institutional process – His impatience with bureaucratic procedure leads to sidelining formal interagency processes, reducing the quality of vetting for complex policies (for example, early travel‑ban orders).​


Short time horizons – Emphasis on immediate media wins and rallies incentivizes headline‑driven policy rather than patient investment in alliances, development, or climate strategy.


Personalisation of foreign relations – He places a heavy emphasis on personal rapport with leaders (for example, Putin, Kim) rather than stable institutional ties, which can undermine predictable alliance management.


Stress, power, and mental health – Experts note that high‑stress roles can exacerbate impulsivity and rigidity; for a leader already prone to reactive behaviour, this can deepen volatility in crisis.​


Effect on allies’ trust – Because allied governments must plan years ahead, Trump’s erratic signals and threats toward partners encourage hedging and diversification away from U.S. leadership.​


Strategic clarity vs. performative toughness – His rhetoric projects strength, but inconsistent follow‑through (for example, on Iran, North Korea, NATO funding) blurs the line between real red lines and domestic performance.


Policy captured by in‑group media ecosystem – His apparent dependence on favourable media outlets creates feedback loops that reward escalation and purity over compromise, harming stable policy design.


Impact on bureaucracy morale and expertise – Attacks on “the deep state” and public servants contribute to brain drain and risk aversion inside agencies, degrading long‑term strategic capacity.​


Domestic polarization as a strategic liability – His communication amplifies internal polarization, which adversaries can exploit and which makes sustained bipartisan foreign policy far harder.​


Rule‑of‑law and democratic‑norm concerns – Efforts to stretch presidential authority and retaliate against perceived enemies worry allies who depend on the U.S. as a predictable constitutional democracy.


Mixed expert views on formal “mental illness” – Some psychiatrists argue his behavior reflects personality pathology and possible cognitive issues; others insist he does not meet strict diagnostic criteria, underscoring that the main concern is functional fitness, not labels.


Risk in crisis decision‑making – Impulsivity, sensitivity to personal humiliation, and information‑processing issues could impair calm, deliberative choices in military or financial crises, increasing global risk.


Difficulty sustaining multi‑year, multi‑actor strategies – Effective climate, China, or tech policy requires steady coalitions and policy continuity, which sit uneasily with his erratic, personalized leadership style.


Net effect on U.S. and global order – Combining high promise‑failure rates, internal policy contradictions, and psychologically driven volatility, Trump’s leadership makes it harder to maintain clear, credible strategic policies that are good for America, its allies, and international stability.

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Metaphors and Euphemisms for Gay/Queer/FAGGOT

Friend of Dorothy (FOD): A long-standing, vintage code for a gay man, referencing Judy Garland’s character in The Wizard of Oz.

Batting for the other team: A common metaphor for gay men.

Light in the loafers: A slang term for an effeminate or gay man.

On the bus/On the team: Idioms indicating someone is part of the gay community.

Alphabet Mafia: A colloquialism for the entire LGBTQIA+ community, alluding to the length of the acronym.

Fruit/Fruity: Used to describe gay men or things implied to be queer (derived from older, offensive terms).

100-footer: Someone whose queer identity is immediately obvious or radiates from "100 feet away".

Closet Queen/In the Closet: Someone who has not disclosed their sexuality.
National Library of Scotland +7

Colloquialisms and Subculture Types (Urban Dictionary/Gay Slang)Bear: A larger, hairier, and usually more masculine-presenting gay man.

Twink: A younger, thinner, and less hairy gay man.

Otter: A thinner, hairier gay man.

Wolf: A leaner, muscular, and hairy gay man.

Cub: A younger, stocky/heavy hairy man (similar to a bear).

Top/Bottom/Versatile: Terms referring to roles in sexual activity (inserting, receiving, or both).

Side: A gay man who prefers non-penetrative sex.

Trade: A straight-passing or heterosexual male partner sought by gay men.

Fag Hag: A woman who primarily hangs out with gay men.

Fag Stag: A straight man who hangs out with gay men.

Queen/Camp: An effeminate or theatrical gay man.

Gaybourhood: A neighborhood with a high density of LGBTQ+ residents.

Baby Gay/Baby Dyke: Someone new to the community or recently out.

Specific "Queen" Subtypes (Gay Slang)Bean/Taco/Salsa Queen: A white gay man primarily attracted to Hispanic men.

Rice Queen: A gay man attracted to East Asian men.

Potato Queen: A gay Asian man attracted to white men.

Chicken Queen: An older gay man interested in younger men.

Size Queen: Someone obsessed with the size of a partner's penis.
Wikipedia +3

Reclaimed and Aggressive Terms

Queer: Once a harsh slur, now widely reclaimed as an umbrella term for the community, often signifying resistance to heteronormativity.

FAG FAGGOT

Fudge Packer

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1. So this is the leadership of the ''Free World''; when children are tortured and murdered satanically by its leader, not much freedom there. ''The Shining light on the Hill''  ''Manifest destiny''  ''The exceptional nation'' 

A Beacon of Hope


The Guiding Light


A Light in the Darkness


A Ray of Hope


The Rising Dawn


The Morning Star


A Candle in the Night


The Dawn of a New Era


The Eternal Flame


A Lighthouse in the Storm




A City on the Hill


The Standard Bearer


A Model for the World


The Torch of Freedom


The Vanguard of Progress


The Pillar of Strength


The Flagship of Excellence


The Gold Standard


The Cornerstone of Civilization


The Crown Jewel




The Garden of Promise


The Fountain of Wisdom


The Wellspring of Hope


The Tree of Life


The Pure Flame


The Sacred Trust


The Noble Path


The House of Light




The Path to Greatness


The Bridge to Tomorrow


The Engine of Progress


The Frontier of Opportunity


The Road to Prosperity


The Gateway to the Future


The Summit of Achievement


The Golden Horizon




The Lamp of Liberty


The Temple of Justice


The Beacon of Civilization


The Torchbearer of Truth


The Guardian of Freedom


The Citadel of Hope

NARY A POSSIBILITY WITH SUCH SATANIC PEOPLE.

ANY GOD-FEARING PERSON WHO HAS AN OUNCE OF DECENCY SHOULD NEVER ACCEPT TRUMP AS PRESIDENT. THEY SHOULD NOT VOTE FOR HIM.

TRUMP CANNOT BE PRESIDENT OF AMERICA FOR ANOTHER SECOND. HE MUST BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY. EVERY DAY HE STAYS IN POWER MEANS UTTER DISASTER FOR THE USA.      WHILST THIS IS DESIRABLE FOR THE SATANIC GLOBALISTS **********************************************************************, THIS MUST BE FOUGHT AGAINST BY BRAVE AMERICANS. 

THOSE OF US WHO HAVE HIGH OPINIONS OF THE USA, ITS CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, GREAT IDEAS AND TECHNOLOGY WHICH ARE PART OF OUR LIVES, HEMINGWAY, F. SCOT FITZGERALD,  STARSKY AND HUTCH...AND RELATIVES IN THE COUNTRY CANNOT ALLOW THE COUNTRY TO FALL INTO THE ABYSS, AND simply DISAPPEAR.

GOD SAVE AMERICA!

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

WE FIGHT AND STRUGGLE FOR AMERICA TOGETHER.

The children of the mullahs party in Dubai, NATO Turkey and the West, whilst fellow Iranians inside Iran perish

Mullah Gulags and detention centers.

Kurdistan with PJAK might be the best route to initiate an armed struggle against the mullahs.

Finally confirmed, the puppet Mullahs are linked to Londonistan.

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There are EUPHEMISTIC STATE policies which point to Mullah links to Londonistan

There are financial links that indicate that the two are connected.

Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran's current ''Supreme Leader'' and his dynastic successor, is the manager of Ali Khamenei's $150 billion ''business empire'' based on stolen funds from Iran's coffers.

You really have to give these special GLOBALIST creatures high marks for their OPTIMISM in continuing their criminal ventures well past the sell-by date.

There will be a cascade of international legal agreements limiting the family's financial shenanigans in the near future.

BISHOPS AVENUE-HAMPSTEAD, NORTH LONDON, BILLIONAIRES ROW, LONDONISTAN

The family business has acquired property worth £138 million in Londonistan. A small sum compared to GCC and mafia property investments in the city, but an indication.

THE CRIME FAMILY MASQUARADING AS PIOUS RELIGIOUS FIGURES, WOULD NOT HAVE INVESTED IN LONDON UNLESS THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UK GAVE REASSURANCE THAT THE INVESTMENTS WOULD BE SAFE FROM INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND THE WRATH OF THE IRANIAN PEOPLE.

The family does not have ''investments'' in the USA or Canada.

No Mullah ''investments'' in Central and South America

No Mullah ''investments'' in AFRICA

No Mullah ''investments'' in ASIA, save Dubai

No Mullah ''investments'' in HK/CHINA, even though China is investing $400 billion into Iran's economy. 

Its ALL in Europe, and Dubai.

The mullahs love Capitalism

The Mullahs trust and love the West.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm98vOYUr74

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GS8dVAN5tE

If you are an Iranian and have been bloodied by the pigs-scum, please occupy the properties of Mujtaba in London. They belong to the Iranian people.

Far better and more meaningfully effective than attacking Sunni Mosques in London.

Where is the great Mullah ''Blue Water navy'' to fight ''Western Imperialism.''

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It is in South Africa, ALL 3 Ships, participating in BRICS naval exercises!!!!!!

So whilst the massive USA strike force amasses off Iran's coast, the Mullahs of Iran sent their navy to Africa.

Far away from Iran. 12,000 km away in a critical situation.

WHY???

Euphemism foreign policy

Euphemism State policy

South Africa, as well as being an important African country, is also a hapless GLOBALIST MEME.

It is a UK colony

It still celebrates the British Empire through membership of the British Commonwealth

It competes vigorously to be the leader and voice of Africa, against Egypt and Nigeria. Membership of the British Commonwealth undermines that status.

3 Globalist meme's 

http://mostaqueali.blogspot.com/2026/01/why-was-puppet-shah-of-iran-removed.html

''Why was the puppet Shah of Iran removed by the USA and Europe?'' 1979.

One of the memes is.....

''2. Meme racist Imperial belief that once a Muslim country becomes modernised, it will automatically go on the war path like Imperial Japan under Tojo.''

THIS INCLUDES HAVING A BLUE WATER NAVY, LIKE IMPERIAL JAPAN.

Obviously seen as a challenge to American hegemony. Self-fulfilling prophecy.

For the puppet mullahs, fulfilling their Western masters' fake memes was far more important than having a logical, affordable, comprehensive defence system.

FOR THE MULLAHS, AT THIS CRITICAL JUNCTURE, SENDING 3 WARSHIPS TO SOUTH AFRICA IS MORE IMPORTANT

THAN PRIORITIZING THE DEFENSE OF IRAN.

This indicates, but not in 2006, who the puppet Mullahs really work for. 

I think the English navy and the Ark Royal and the Harriers should join the USA ARMADA,  and teach the WOG a real lesson, in IRAN.

Tommy Robinson's English flag, mainly in the Affluent SE, where income levels are double the rest of the country.

BUT, if the mullags are such obedient puppets, why MUST they be removed now from power?

PUPPETS are by their nature expendable.

Nasser of Egypt was expendable

Saddam Hussein was expendable

Gaddafi was Expendible

Noreiga was expendable

De Gaulle of France was expendable

And so the mullahs in power are expendable too.

Here is what the mullahs got wrong.

1. They have been spewing anti-Western sentiment for too long. People in the USA are starting to believe their rhetoric, ''Death to America. ''

2. Mullah Iran has created a Shia alliance of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen with Hamas. People in ISRAEL are very concerned about this. The elite Quds Brigade of the IRGC are named after the Arab name for Jerusalem, meaning ''ISLAM'' will retake Jerusalem.

3. There are fiery speeches about Israel regularly in Iran.

4. Mullah Iran has fired in 2025 many missiles into ISRAEL. Resulting in many deaths inside Israel, including civilian deaths, and enormous economic damage.

5. There is a strong suspicion in ISRAEL that Iran is building nuclear weapons on the sly. This represents an existential threat to ISRAEL. They ask why Iran needs nuclear energy when Iran has so much fossil fuel reserves?

THE ABOVE 5 REASONS ARE WHY THE MULLAHS WILL BE REMOVED FROM POWER VERY SOON INSIDE IRAN. 

ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THEY HAVE MADE THREATS TO THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP, AND THREATS TO ATTACK AMERICAN SHIPPING AND AMERICAN SOIL USING BALLISTIC MISSILES ACQUIRED FROM NORTH KOREA.

It does not matter how much expert guidance the puppet mullahs get from Europe in staying in power as dead Zombies feeding on Innocent Iranians.

Killing protestors in their hospital beds

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The Mullahs of Iran are Mephistophelian.

The Mullahs of Iran are :

devilish

diabolic

fiendish

satanic

demonic

demoniacal

hellish

infernal

evil

wicked

ungodly

unholy

cacodemonic

I believe the NAZIS in Germany 1933-45, the Hegelian banker experiment, ditched the Geneva Convention and killed people in hospital beds.

The Mullahs are Nazis in that sense.

When a protester in Iran is taken to the hospital, the mullah police follow them to the hospital, and then they execute them in the hospital. No mercy, no questions asked of how they were wounded in a city of 15 million.

Then their bodies are taken to the Morgue:

As of January 2026, Iranian authorities have been reported to demand large sums of money—often referred to by families as "bullet fees" or "ransom"—from relatives to release the bodies of protesters killed during anti-government crackdowns.

Here are the specific costs and conditions reported:Amount Demanded: Families are being asked to pay between 700 million and 1 billion Iranian tomans (approximately $5,000 to $7,000 USD or £3,700–£5,200) to receive the bodies of their loved ones.

Per-Bullet Cost: In some cases, authorities reportedly demand payment for each bullet used to kill the relative, with costs ranging from 700 million to 2.5 billion rials per bullet.

Economic Context: These demands are exceptionally high, as an average construction worker in Iran earns less than $100 a month.

Conditions for Release: In addition to the monetary payment, families are often forced to sign waivers agreeing not to hold public funeral ceremonies or to declare that their relative was a "martyr" who died fighting on the government's side.

Consequences of Non-Payment: If families cannot pay, authorities may refuse to release the bodies, with reports of bodies being buried in mass graves.

This practice has been described as a form of economic extraction and a method of repression, with some reports noting it is a recurring tactic used in previous crackdowns, including those in the 1980s.

THIS IS DIABOLICAL

THIS IS WORSE THAN THE NAZI ERA EINSATTSGRUPPEN.

WE MUST QUICKLY BRING THIS EVIL REGIME TO AN END. IN THE 21ST CENTURY

WHICH HERO OF THE FREE WORLD IS WILLING TO REMOVE SUCH A REGIME?

Based on reports, eyewitness accounts, and testimonies from medical professionals as of January 2026, there are credible, widespread reports that Iranian security forces ("the mullahs") have been targeting injured protestors in hospitals, including arresting them, removing them from care, and in some cases, delivering "finishing shots" to kill them.

 
Reports indicate the following during the intense protest crackdowns in early 2026: 

Targeting Wounded in Hospitals: Security forces have been documented storming hospitals to arrest injured protestors, with reports of forces "finishing off" protesters admitted for treatment.

Forced Removal and Executions: 

Nurses and medical staff have reported that security forces remove wounded individuals—sometimes directly from operating rooms—to take them away or kill them.

"Finishing Shots": 

Testimonies suggest that wounded individuals who were still alive were sometimes shot in the head while hospitalized, with medical equipment still attached to their bodies.

Surveillance of Medical Facilities: 

Hospitals and morgues are under the surveillance of security forces, creating a "place of fear" where injured protesters are terrified to seek care.

Bodies in Body Bags: 

Reports indicate that injured protesters were sometimes placed into body bags while still alive, and in other cases, wounded detainees were killed inside holding areas.

These actions, which include attacking medical facilities and staff, are considered violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. The crackdown has been described as a "state-orchestrated massacre" by some rights organizations.

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The execution of hospital patients, including those deemed to be protestors or political opponents by a regime, is a severe violation of international humanitarian law (IHL) and constitutes a war crime under the Geneva Conventions.

Under international law, wounded and sick individuals are "protected persons" who must be respected and protected in all circumstances, regardless of their political affiliation or role in any conflict.

Key Legal Frameworks and Geneva Conventions: 

Geneva Convention IV (Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons):Article 18: Explicitly states that civilian hospitals "may in no circumstances be the object of attack but shall at all times be respected and protected".

Article 32: Prohibits any measure that causes the "physical suffering or extermination of protected persons in their hands," including murder, torture, or brutality by state agents.

Article 146: Defines "grave breaches" to include wilful killing and torture of protected persons, requiring states to prosecute individuals responsible.

Geneva Convention I (Wounded and Sick in the Field):Article 12: Requires that the wounded and sick be treated without discrimination and forbids violence against their persons, specifically prohibiting "wilfully killing them".

Common Article 3 (Non-International Armed Conflict): Applies to internal conflicts and demands that persons taking no active part in hostilities (including wounded/sick) be treated humanely, prohibiting "murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture".

Additional Protocol II (1977): Reinforces the protection of medical units and wounded individuals in non-international armed conflicts.

Specific Protections Against "Execution"Status of Wounded Protesters: Once a person is wounded and hospitalized, they are considered hors de combat (out of the fight), meaning they are no longer an active participant in hostilities and cannot be targeted or executed.

Prohibition of Executions: The arbitrary deprivation of life, particularly for political reasons ("deemed to be protestors"), violates not only IHL but also international human rights law (Article 6 of the ICCPR).

Illegal Acts of Agents: The Geneva Conventions apply to acts by both military and civilian agents of a state.

Misuse of "Acts Harmful to the Enemy": While a hospital may lose protection if used for direct military action (e.g., storing weapons), this does not authorize the execution of patients.

Consequences Under International LawWar Crimes: The intentional killing of protected persons, including sick and wounded patients in hospitals, is considered a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions and a war crime.

Crimes Against Humanity: Widespread or systematic attacks against a civilian population, which can include hospital patients during a state crackdown, may also fall under crimes against humanity as defined by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Note: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) emphasizes that medical personnel must be free to treat patients based on medical need alone, and cannot be punished for doing so, regardless of the patient's political profile.

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EXECUTIVE INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT

INTELLIGENCE REPORT: HOSPITAL EXECUTIONS OF PROTESTERS IN IRAN (JANUARY 2026) - HISTORICAL ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON TO THE 1988 PRISON MASSACRE

Executive Summary

Iranian security forces conducted systematic executions of wounded protesters in hospitals during the January 2026 nationwide uprising, representing one of the most egregious violations of medical neutrality and international humanitarian law in contemporary history. 

He ordered the hospital raids to murder patients.

Operating under direct orders from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Basij paramilitary forces raided medical facilities across Iran, executing patients receiving treatment for protest-related injuries. 

This intelligence assessment documents specific hospitals, morgues, security organizations involved, command authority, and draws systematic parallels to Iran's 1988 prison massacre of 30,000 political prisoners—revealing a recurring pattern of mass atrocity crimes when the regime perceives existential threats.

The death toll from the January 2026 crackdown remains contested due to a comprehensive internet blackout, with estimates ranging from the regime's official figure of 3,117 to independent assessments of 12,000-30,000 killed. Credible evidence indicates security forces not only shot protesters with live ammunition in the streets but also pursued wounded individuals into hospitals, removed them from operating rooms, and executed them with "finishing shots" to the head. Bodies bearing both gunshot wounds and clear signs of hospitalization—including intravenous catheters—provide forensic evidence of these in-hospital executions.

This report identifies specific medical facilities targeted, documents the chain of command from Khamenei to operational units, catalogs morgue locations overwhelmed with bodies, and establishes direct historical parallels to the 1988 massacre. 

Notably, key perpetrators of the 1988 atrocities—including Khamenei himself (then President, now Supreme Leader) and Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei—occupied positions of authority during the 2026 crackdown, demonstrating systemic impunity and the institutionalization of mass killing as state policy.

Intelligence Assessment: Scale and Scope of the 2026 Crackdown
Death Toll Estimates and Analytical Challenges

The complete internet and telecommunications blackout imposed by Iranian authorities from January 8, 2026 onward created unprecedented obstacles to accurate casualty verification, necessitating reliance on multiple independent sources with varying methodological approaches.

Official Iranian Government Figure: Iran's Supreme National Security Council announced on January 21, 2026 that 3,117 people were killed, claiming 2,427 were "innocent people and protectors of order and security," attributing only 690 deaths to protesters. This represents a deliberate undercount designed to minimize international condemnation while shifting blame to demonstrators.

Human Rights Organizations' Verified Counts:

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA): 4,519 confirmed deaths as of January 21, comprising 4,251 demonstrators and 197 security personnel, with an additional 9,049 cases under verification


Iran Human Rights (Norway-based): 3,428-3,400 protesters killed


Center for Human Rights in Iran: Over 5,000 deaths confirmed by mid-January

Academic and Medical Source Estimates: An informal expatriate network of academics and medical professionals, using hospital-based data collection, calculated 6,178 deaths over January 8-10, 2026 alone—a figure they deliberately halved from initial calculations to remain conservative. This methodology began with a Tehran physician's survey of six hospitals on January 9, which recorded 217 deaths in a single night: Milad Hospital (70), Imam Hossein Hospital (70), Ibn Sina Hospital (23), Labbafinejad Hospital (7), Fayaz Bakhsh Hospital (15), and Shahriar Hospital (32).​

High-End Estimates: Iran International reported at least 12,000 killed based on information received during the communications shutdown, particularly on January 8-9. Medical sources speaking to The Sunday Times reported 16,500 protesters killed and approximately 330,000 injured, with estimates indicating over 8,000 individuals sustained blindness or severe eye injuries. Some unverified estimates reached 20,000-30,000.

Analytical Assessment: The most reliable estimate likely falls between 6,000-15,000 killed based on triangulation of hospital data, morgue capacity analysis, and credible eyewitness testimony. The regime's figure of 3,117 represents systematic undercounting, while estimates exceeding 20,000 remain difficult to verify given methodological constraints. What remains indisputable is that this represents the deadliest government crackdown on civilians in Iran's modern history, potentially exceeding even the 1988 prison massacre in absolute numbers killed over a compressed timeframe.

Command Structure and Legal Culpability
Supreme Leader's Direct Order for Lethal Force

On January 9, 2026, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered a public address in Qom that constituted an explicit authorization for mass killing. Using rhetoric that violated Articles 19 and 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Khamenei labeled protesters as "a bunch of vandals," "mercenaries," and "harmful elements". His operational directive was unambiguous: "We will not back down against the vandals. The security forces—whether in the Law Enforcement Command (FARAJA), the Basij, or the IRGC—must be in the field with full authority. There must be no backing down against the vandals and those who deprive the people of security; these are not protesters; they are hired mercenaries and agents of the enemy".​

This speech represented more than political rhetoric—it functioned as an operational order removing all restraints on security forces. Immediately following Khamenei's address, Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei issued a directive to judicial authorities nationwide: "Following the Supreme Leader's remarks, judges are duty-bound to issue deterrent sentences and the maximum punishment for the primary elements of the riots with utmost speed, decisiveness, and without any legal leniency".​

Sources close to Iran's Supreme National Security Council and the presidential office confirmed that the killing of protesters was carried out on Khamenei's direct order, with full approval from senior state officials. The council allegedly authorized live fire, executed mainly by the IRGC in what is described as a deliberate, organized operation exceptional in scale and intensity.

This command structure mirrors the 1988 massacre, when then-Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa ordering the execution of all political prisoners who remained "steadfast" in their opposition. The fatwa's language—"Annihilate the enemies of Islam immediately"—created the legal framework for Death Commissions to operate without judicial oversight. In 2026, Khamenei employed similar dehumanizing language ("vandals," "mercenaries") to eliminate legal and moral constraints on security forces.

Security Organizations and Operational Implementation

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC): The IRGC served as the primary executor of hospital raids and executions. Multiple physician witnesses reported that "the violence being applied did not look like police violence. It appeared to be IRGC violence," noting that IRGC and Basij forces far outnumbered police based on uniforms and markings. A forensic medicine specialist from Tehran described the brutality displayed by the IRGC in killing wounded protesters as so extreme that many healthcare workers suffered severe psychological shock.

The IRGC's provincial corps issued explicit threats. On January 3, 2026, the IRGC's Lorestan provincial corps declared the period of "tolerance" was over, pledging to target "rioters, organizers and leaders of anti-security movements… without leniency". This presaged the escalation to hospital executions that followed Khamenei's January 9 speech.​

Basij Paramilitary Forces: The Basij, a volunteer paramilitary organization under IRGC command, deployed alongside regular IRGC units. Eyewitnesses described "teenage-looking Basij agents armed with Kalashnikov rifles" firing indiscriminately at crowds. The Basij's ideological indoctrination and direct subordination to the Supreme Leader made them particularly willing executors of extreme violence.

Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS): Intelligence agents infiltrated hospitals to identify and track wounded protesters. Medical personnel reported the presence of plainclothes intelligence officers collecting information about injured demonstrators. In Esfahan province, security forces instructed medical staff to notify authorities about patients with gunshot wounds and metal pellet injuries. Intelligence agents also blocked independent medical clinics from treating protesters and enforced communications blackouts on hospital staff.

Special Forces and FARAJA (Police): Iran's Law Enforcement Command participated in hospital raids, though witnesses consistently described police as less prominent than IRGC and Basij forces. Special Force units conducted the initial raids on Imam Khomeini Hospital in Ilam on January 3-4, 2026, firing shotguns loaded with metal pellets and tear gas.

This multi-agency coordination indicates centralized command from the Supreme National Security Council, with operational execution delegated to the most ideologically reliable forces—the IRGC and Basij—rather than conventional police who might harbor reservations about executing hospitalized patients.

Hospital Raids: Specific Facilities and Methods of Execution

Tehran Medical Facilities

Milad Hospital

Located in western Tehran, Milad Hospital received 70 bodies of protesters killed during the night of January 8, 2026. This figure represents only the deceased brought to a single facility during a single night, illustrating the industrial scale of killing. Medical staff reported being overwhelmed by the influx of gunshot victims, with insufficient beds and personnel to manage the casualties.
Imam Hossein Hospital

Also recording 70 deaths on January 8, Imam Hossein Hospital faced similar conditions of crisis-level overcrowding. Healthcare workers described witnessing "bodies piled up on each other" in hospital settings, with the death toll so extensive that morgue capacity was quickly exceeded.
Farabi Eye Hospital

Tehran's premier eye care facility entered crisis mode due to the overwhelming number of emergency cases involving protesters struck in the eyes by shotgun pellets—a deliberate tactic by security forces. The hospital summoned "all current and retired doctors" to manage an estimated 200-300 cases of pellet injuries to eyes. Iran's security forces have systematically used shotguns loaded with metal pellets during confrontations with protesters, deliberately targeting eyes and heads to maximize disabling injuries. One physician estimated that "to estimate the number of people with eye injuries, you have to multiply the number of deaths by four," suggesting over 12,000 eye injury victims.

Sina Hospital (Hasanabad District)

On the morning of January 6, 2026, Special Unit forces conducted a criminal raid on Sina Hospital following a nationwide merchants' strike. Security forces fired tear gas inside and around the hospital compound, sealed entrances, and trapped patients and medical staff inside. Verified videos show security forces deploying tear gas while gunfire was heard in the hospital vicinity. The regime's Health Minister attempted to obfuscate the incident, claiming tear gas was fired "outside" rather than inside the facility, while Tehran University of Medical Sciences—which operates Sina Hospital—confirmed that State Security Force dispersal operations led to tear gas entering hospital premises.

Labbafinejad Hospital

Located in northeast Tehran, Labbafinejad Hospital received numerous gunshot victims. An eyewitness from the nearby Narmak neighborhood reported seeing many people with gunshot wounds brought to the facility, stating: "In the Narmak neighborhood, they [security forces] shot and killed at least five or six people in front of us. They have stopped using metal pellets and are shooting with live ammunition".​

Ibn Sina, Fayaz Bakhsh, and Shahriar Hospitals

These facilities recorded 23, 15, and 32 deaths respectively on January 8-9. The systematic documentation of deaths across multiple hospitals in Tehran demonstrates the city-wide nature of the killing campaign.​

Unnamed Hospital, Eastern Tehran

A healthcare worker from this facility provided testimony to the BBC describing "direct gunfire to the heads of the youth, as well as to their hearts". The worker stated that approximately 38 people died almost immediately upon arrival, with many not surviving long enough for treatment. "The number of deceased was so extensive that there was inadequate space in the morgue; bodies were stacked on top of each other. Once the morgue was full, they piled them in the prayer room".​

Provincial Medical Facilities

Imam Khomeini Hospital, Ilam

This facility in western Iran became the site of the most extensively documented hospital raid. Following violent suppression of peaceful protests in Malekshahi County, Ilam Province, on January 3, 2026—which killed at least three people and injured many others—government agents raided Imam Khomeini Hospital repeatedly over January 3-4.

Security forces destroyed entrance doors, forced their way into wards and patient rooms, and attempted to arrest injured protesters and forcibly remove bodies of those killed. These actions met resistance from families and hospital staff, resulting in beatings of medical personnel who supported the injured. Videos verified by human rights organizations show security forces attacking civilians gathered in the hospital premises using tear gas, batons, and firearms. The raids severely disrupted medical services and placed lives in danger, with several sick children transferred to intensive care under unsuitable conditions.

A physician witness described the aftermath: "At that moment, I saw four people who were shot and killed… About 50 people were injured… The agents took one of the wounded, who was bleeding from his ankle due to a bullet wound, with them without receiving treatment".​

The Ilam hospital raids established the operational template subsequently employed at facilities across Iran: surround the hospital, prevent families from retrieving bodies, seize wounded protesters, beat medical staff who resist, and execute those unable to flee.

Poursina Hospital, Rasht

In the northern coastal city of Rasht, 70 bodies were transported to Poursina Hospital on Friday night, January 8, 2026. The morgue reached full capacity, forcing staff to stack bodies on top of each other in the hospital's prayer room. A hospital source confirmed that authorities demanded 700 million tomans (approximately $5,000-7,000) from families before releasing bodies for burial.

This extortion scheme served dual purposes: generating revenue while deterring families from retrieving bodies that might reveal the extent of injuries. By keeping bodies in institutional control, authorities could manipulate death certificates, conceal evidence of execution-style killings, and prevent public funerals that might catalyze further protests.

Hospitals in Shiraz

Medical facilities in Iran's sixth-largest city were overwhelmed with injured protesters. A healthcare worker sent a video message to the BBC on Thursday, January 8, reporting that numerous injured were being admitted and the facility lacked sufficient surgeons to handle the situation. Medical staff treated patients with gunshot wounds to the head and eyes, with one worker expressing disbelief: "The shameless people shot her in the head and neck. Do you have any idea how many patients we have until now?". Hospitals suspended non-urgent admissions and surgeries due to the influx of emergency cases.

Kashani Hospital, Isfahan

This facility became the site of a documented hospital execution. Hossein Rahimi, a 44-year-old married resident of Isfahan, was shot in both legs while exiting his car near the Khaneh-ye Isfahan area before even reaching the protest site. He was transferred to Kashani Hospital for treatment. Government forces subsequently raided the facility and shot him dead. Authorities then buried his body at Bagh-e Rezvan Cemetery.​

Rahimi's case provides clear evidence of the execution protocol: wound protesters with disabling but non-fatal injuries, transport to hospital, raid facility, execute bedridden patients unable to defend themselves or escape.​

Hospitals in Karaj

In this city immediately west of Tehran, armed security forces surrounded multiple medical facilities including Kasra Hospital and Qassem Soleimani Hospital after several days of deadly unrest. Witnesses and medical workers reported that in some cases, security forces shot wounded protesters who could not move, delivering "finishing shots".​

A taxi driver who witnessed violence near Gohardasht square stated that security personnel loaded both dead and wounded protesters onto trucks without separation: "The injured were not separated from the dead," adding that many were young people. Families gathered outside hospitals where armed personnel blocked entrances and dispersed crowds.​

Methods of In-Hospital Execution

The forensic evidence and witness testimony establish a systematic execution methodology:

1. Finishing Shots to the Head: Multiple medical sources reported that wounded protesters were shot in the head at close range after being hospitalized. A nurse's message confirmed: "I saw it with my own eyes; they came and took the wounded away. There was even someone in the operating room—I heard they even delivered finishing shots (execution shots). Taking someone out of the operating room means they intend to kill them". The nurse who sent this message was subsequently killed.

2. Removal from Operating Rooms: Security forces forcibly removed patients undergoing surgery and executed them. An intensive care nurse reported personally seeing multiple bodies bearing not only gunshot wounds to vital organs but also to the head—clear evidence that forces shot protesters, then approached wounded individuals and killed them at close range.​

3. Forensic Evidence of Hospital Executions: Bodies recovered by families showed bullet entry wounds on the forehead with blood patterns running horizontally, indicating shots fired while the victim was lying down. The presence of intravenous catheters on corpses demonstrated the individuals had been under medical treatment when killed. Dr. Sahar Motallebi, an Iranian physician providing online medical assistance, stated: "The presence of catheters on these bodies also shows that the person had been in an operating room or under medical treatment. These findings are consistent with reports from Sina Hospital, where a large number of wounded patients were abducted by security forces after undergoing surgery".​

4. Patients Placed in Body Bags While Alive: The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center reported cases of young wounded protesters who survived by pretending to be dead after being placed in body bags. A forensic medicine specialist testified that wounded individuals who were still alive were transferred to morgues and placed in body bags—a practice that led to some victims being buried alive if they could not escape.​

5. Denial of Medical Care Pending Death: Many wounded protesters were arrested from hospitals and denied adequate medical care, increasing the risk of death in custody given Iran's well-documented patterns of torture. Security forces in Esfahan and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari provinces removed wounded protesters from hospitals, including those needing life-saving medical care.​

This systematic pattern—pursuit into hospitals, removal from treatment, execution, concealment of bodies—constitutes crimes against humanity under international law, specifically the war crimes of willful killing of protected persons and attacking medical facilities.

Morgues and Mass Body Disposal

Kahrizak Forensic Medical Center, South Tehran

The Kahrizak morgue became the primary repository for bodies of protesters killed in Tehran, generating disturbing video documentation that circumvented the internet blackout. Footage uploaded to social media on January 10, 2026 showed dozens—potentially hundreds—of bodies on the ground inside warehouse-like structures, some wrapped in body bags, others on stretchers.

A six-minute video showed the exterior of the morgue with bodies in black bags lined up on the tarmac for several hundred meters. A monitor at the forensic center displayed faces of deceased protesters, with one screen showing "number 55 out of 250," providing a chilling indication of scale. Human Rights Watch verified videos showing at least 400 bodies visible at Kahrizak, acknowledging this represented an undercount as bodies were piled on top of each other.

Amir, a protester killed during the night of Thursday-Friday January 8-9, was among the documented cases. Authorities called his family Friday morning requesting they come to Kahrizak to identify his body. A friend who went on the family's behalf described the scene: "It was unreal. From every hospital, they're collecting 30 or 40 dead and transferring them here. Unidentified bodies are put in black body bags and thrown into the Kahrizak courtyard. The gate is open. You can walk in and take photos and videos. No one was stopping you".​

This unprecedented transparency—allowing families to enter, photograph, and film—likely resulted from being overwhelmed rather than deliberate policy. The sheer volume of bodies exceeded the morgue's capacity to implement the secrecy protocols employed in the 1988 massacre, when families were systematically denied information about executed relatives.

Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery, Tehran

Tehran's largest cemetery became the final destination for thousands of protesters. Witnesses described scenes of bodies stacked in warehouses adjacent to the cemetery's mortuary, prompting families to push past security forces to search for loved ones. Kiarash, who accompanied his brother to bury a family friend on January 10, witnessed "rows upon rows of bodies".​

The most disturbing accounts involved cemetery workers' treatment of remains. Exhausted workers arrived in refrigerated trucks, unloading corpses onto the ground in front of mourners. "That moment—it shattered people. They couldn't just stand by and watch as they discarded the bodies like that," Kiarash recounted. "There was a father lying on his child's body, pleading for assistance so they wouldn't discard him elsewhere".​

Witnesses reported seeing cemetery workers carelessly handling small body bags containing children estimated at 10-12 years old. "They were stacking bodies on top of each other, throwing children in small bags—they would get crushed beneath them," Kiarash stated. "Every time I recall this, my heart breaks". Even young military conscripts tasked with monitoring the crowd appeared shocked, with some crying at the scenes they were forced to witness.​

The accumulation of bodies triggered spontaneous protests within the cemetery. A crowd surged into the mortuary's hallway, denouncing Khamenei—an act considered a capital crime in Iran—while security forces observed. "Mothers were wailing, yelling," Kiarash stated. "And everyone was chanting like, 'Death to Khamenei'". Although security personnel confiscated many phones, individuals managed to covertly film and disseminate footage verified by The New York Times.​

Satellite imagery from Planet Labs PBC analyzed by the Associated Press showed large numbers of vehicles daily at Behesht-e Zahra's southern reaches, where protesters were being buried. This independent verification corroborates eyewitness testimony about mass burials.​

Provincial Morgues and Cemeteries

Mashhad: A mortuary worker at a cemetery in Iran's second-largest city reported that before dawn on Friday, January 9, 180-200 bodies with severe injuries were brought in and buried without delay. The rushed burials and high body count indicate authorities sought to inter remains before families could organize public funeral processions.​

Rasht: In addition to the 70 bodies at Poursina Hospital's morgue, sources reported that security forces demanded "fees for bullets" before releasing bodies to families. This macabre payment scheme—charging families based on ammunition type used to kill their relatives—represents both financial extortion and psychological torture.​

Mass Burial Protocols: Human rights organizations documented authorities compelling families to pay exorbitant sums, sometimes reaching $6,000, to reclaim protesters' bodies. Families unable to afford such fees had their relatives buried in mass graves without their knowledge or consent. "These families cannot retrieve their loved ones' bodies because they cannot afford such fees," stated Hadi Ghaemi, head of the Center for Human Rights in Iran. "As a result, the bodies are simply being discarded and buried in mass graves".​

The regime imposed tight restrictions on burial rites—a lesson learned from the 1979 revolution, when funerals of protesters and customary Shiite memorial services held 40 days after death became vital in sustaining demonstration momentum that eventually toppled the Shah. By denying families the right to bury relatives in ancestral villages, holding funerals under heavy security surveillance, and threatening reprisals against public mourning, authorities sought to prevent cemeteries from becoming symbols for communities and focal points for renewed protests.​

Documented Victims: Names and Circumstances

While the comprehensive death toll remains contested, human rights organizations have verified hundreds of individual victims, many killed in circumstances directly involving hospitals or medical facilities:

Milad Atmani: A Kurdish citizen from Salmas, Milad Atmani was seriously wounded and arrested after being shot by military and security forces during protests in Tehran on January 8, 2026. For days, his family received no information about his condition, and their efforts to locate his detention facility proved unsuccessful. On January 20, security forces summoned the family to Tehran and handed over Atmani's body. It remains unclear whether he died from torture in detention or from the severity of his gunshot wounds—both scenarios indicating security forces denied him adequate medical care.​

Hossein Rahimi: As documented previously, this 44-year-old married resident of Isfahan was shot in both legs before reaching a protest site, transferred to Kashani Hospital for treatment, then executed when government forces raided the facility. His body was buried at Bagh-e Rezvan 

Cemetery under security force supervision.​

Mohammad Nobakht: An 18-year-old resident of Qods neighborhood in Tehran, Nobakht died in hospital on Thursday, January 16, 2026, after spending eight days in a coma. He had been critically injured by live ammunition fired by government forces during protests, sustaining severe internal injuries including damage to his stomach and kidneys. His death after eight days of intensive care demonstrates that even those who received hospital treatment often succumbed to the severity of their injuries.​

Zahra Moradi, Golaleh Mahmoudi-Azar, and Other Kurdish Victims: Seven Kurdish protesters were killed during protests in Tehran on January 8, including Erfan Alizadeh (24) from Lumar in Ilam Province; Zahra Moradi from Bukan; Golaleh Mahmoudi-Azar (28) from Mahabad; Siavash Shirzad from Bukan; Rebin Moradi (17), a footballer with the Saipa youth team; Seyyed Milad Hosseini; and Ali Abbasi (18) from Gilan-e Gharb. Several families were forced to pay up to 10 billion rials to receive bodies, and most funerals were held under heavy security pressure.​

Bijan Mostafavi, Zahra Bani Amerian, and Danial Mostafavi: Three members of the same family were killed after their car came under fire from security forces in Karaj on January 9. The victims—a retired education worker, his wife (a retired social security employee), and their 19-year-old university student son—illustrate the indiscriminate nature of the violence, with security forces firing on civilian vehicles.​

Children Among the Dead: Multiple sources documented children among those killed. An Iranian doctor in Nishapur reported that security forces killed "at least 30 people" and "among them were children," specifically noting "a 5-year-old child was shot while in their mother's arms". The U.S.-based HRANA reported that at least seven deceased protesters were under 18 years old. Cemetery witnesses at Behesht-e Zahra described small body bags for children estimated at 10-12 years old being carelessly handled and crushed beneath adult bodies.

These documented cases represent a fraction of the total death toll, as the internet blackout, threats against families, and regime control of morgues prevented comprehensive documentation of all victims.

Historical Parallel: The 1988 Prison Massacre
Context and Circumstances

To fully comprehend the 2026 hospital executions, they must be situated within the historical pattern of mass atrocity crimes committed by the Islamic Republic when facing perceived existential threats. The 1988 prison massacre provides the essential precedent.

In the summer of 1988, following Iran's acceptance of a UN-brokered ceasefire in the devastating eight-year Iran-Iraq War, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordered the extrajudicial execution of thousands of political prisoners held in jails across Iran. The official acceptance of UN Security Council Resolution 598 on July 18, 1988 marked a humiliating defeat for Khomeini, who had previously declared "war until victory". The ceasefire represented not merely military setback but ideological failure—Khomeini himself described accepting the ceasefire as drinking "a chalice of poison".

Days after the ceasefire, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) launched Operation Mersad (known to them as Operation Eternal Light), with MEK forces attacking from Iraq. Although the operation was swiftly defeated with heavy MEK losses—estimates range from 1,700 to 4,500 killed—it provided Khomeini the pretext for a long-planned purge of political prisoners.

However, evidence indicates the massacre was planned before Operation Mersad commenced. Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Khomeini's heir apparent at the time, revealed in a secretly recorded 1988 meeting that "the Intelligence Ministry promoted the [plan for the mass execution of prisoners] and invested in it, and then three or four years ago Ahmad Agha [Khomeini's son] came along and said the Mojahedin-e-Khalq should all be executed". Montazeri stated that after the MEK attack, the Intelligence Ministry "thought it was a good time for someone to convince the imam [Khomeini] to agree to [the executions] and got a written order from him".​

Khomeini's Fatwa and Death Commissions

On approximately July 28, 1988, Khomeini issued an undated fatwa ordering the execution of all imprisoned PMOI/MEK members who remained "steadfast" in their support for the organization. The fatwa's language was explicit and chilling:

"It is decreed that those who are in prisons throughout the country and remain steadfast in their support for the Monafeqin [derogatory term for PMOI/MEK], are waging war on God and are condemned to execution... Even though a unanimous decision is better, the view of a majority of the three must prevail".​

Khomeini ordered the formation of three-member "Death Commissions" comprising a religious judge, prosecutor, and representative from the Ministry of Intelligence. These panels operated in at least 96 cities across Iran, summoning prisoners individually for interrogations lasting 2-3 minutes. The sole question asked was: "What is your political affiliation?". If the prisoner answered "Mojahed" or refused to denounce the PMOI/MEK using the regime's derogatory term "Monafeq," they were immediately sent to execution.​

Scale of the 1988 Massacre

Estimates of those executed vary significantly. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch documented between 2,800 and 5,000 deaths based on names collected from families and former prisoners. However, multiple sources from within the regime's inner circle have confirmed substantially higher figures:

Reza Malek, a former intelligence officer, revealed that according to documents he personally reviewed, 33,700 prisoners were executed in 1988.

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Mohammad Nurizad, a former cultural advisor to Khamenei who later broke with the regime, confirmed that "in a span of two to three months, they beat up and murdered 33,000 imprisoned girls, boys, women and men and transferred their corpses by tipper trucks to Khavaran (a cemetery in south-east Tehran) and unknown deserts and buried them in groups".​

The Iranian Resistance, after detailed study of evidence including thousands of reports, documents, interviews with victims' families, and testimony from the few survivors, declared the number at 30,000. This figure has gained increasing credibility as more former regime insiders have come forward.​

The discrepancy between Amnesty/HRW estimates (2,800-5,000) and Iranian opposition figures (30,000-33,700) likely stems from methodological differences. International organizations documented only those cases where names could be verified and families interviewed, a near-impossible task given the regime's complete secrecy and intimidation of relatives. The higher estimates incorporate broader evidence including transportation logistics (truck loads of bodies), morgue capacity analysis, and testimony from officials with access to classified documents.

Perpetrators and Current Positions of Power

The 1988 massacre was orchestrated by individuals who later ascended to Iran's highest positions of authority—establishing a direct line of institutional continuity between the 1988 atrocities and the 2026 crackdown:

Ali Khamenei: In 1988, Khamenei served as President of Iran, one of three officials (alongside Khomeini's son Ahmad and then-Parliament Speaker Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani) who ensured implementation of Khomeini's execution orders at the highest level. Khamenei became Supreme Leader in 1989, inheriting Khomeini's absolute authority. In 2017, on the 28th anniversary of Khomeini's death, Khamenei publicly defended the 1988 massacre, warning: "We should be careful not to change the places of the martyrs with the killers," referring to security forces as "martyrs" and executed political prisoners as "killers". His defense of the 1988 massacre established the ideological framework for the 2026 hospital executions.

Ebrahim Raisi: In 1988, Raisi served as Deputy Prosecutor of Tehran and was a member of the Death Commission operating in Evin and Gohardasht prisons. According to eyewitness reports, although Morteza Eshraqi held the title of Prosecutor, Raisi "actually played the role of Prosecutor" and received special missions from Khomeini to carry out purges in other provinces including Lorestan, Kermanshah, and Semnan. Khomeini gave Raisi full authority, exempting him from any administrative or governmental restrictions. Raisi later became Judiciary Chief (2019-2021) and President of Iran (2021-2024), dying in a helicopter crash in May 2024. His elevation to the presidency in 2021, despite documented involvement in crimes against humanity, demonstrated the regime's complete rejection of accountability.​

Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei: In 1988, Mohseni-Ejei served as the Judiciary's representative in the Intelligence Ministry and allegedly played an active role in the decision-making circle responsible for implementing extrajudicial death sentences. Human Rights Watch called for him to be tried for crimes against humanity. In January 2026, as Judiciary Chief appointed by Khamenei, Mohseni-Ejei issued the directive for "maximum punishment" of protesters following Khamenei's January 9 speech. His continuity from the 1988 massacre to the 2026 crackdown exemplifies the institutionalization of mass killing within Iran's judicial apparatus.

Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi: Serving as Deputy Minister of Intelligence in 1988, Pour-Mohammadi was a member of the Tehran Death Commission. In July 2019, while serving as adviser to the Chief of the Judiciary, Pour-Mohammadi claimed that the elimination of the PMOI/MEK must continue based on Khomeini's fatwa—indicating the 1988 directive remains active policy.​​

Burial and Concealment

Victims of the 1988 massacre were buried in unmarked mass graves, primarily at Khavaran cemetery in southeast Tehran. Families were systematically denied information about their relatives' fate, told that loved ones had been "transferred to another prison" or simply disappeared. Bodies were transported by trucks—often tipper trucks normally used for construction—and buried in mass graves without Islamic funeral rites.

The regime has systematically destroyed evidence of the 1988 massacre. In 2015, authorities used bulldozers to demolish sections of Khavaran cemetery. In August 2025, acting under direct orders from Khamenei, the regime used heavy machinery to demolish and flatten graves in Section 41 of Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery, the burial site of thousands of political prisoners executed during the 1980s, converting it into a parking lot. Tehran's Deputy Mayor openly confirmed this destruction, stating: "Section 41, which had been left abandoned, be turned into a parking lot. We received permission and carried out the project".

This destruction of burial sites serves multiple purposes: eliminating forensic evidence that could be used in international prosecutions, preventing sites from becoming memorialization points for opposition movements, and demonstrating continued impunity.
Comparative Analysis: 1988 and 2026

Parallel 1: Regime Facing Existential Crisis

Both mass killing events occurred when the Islamic Republic perceived fundamental threats to its survival:

1988 Context: The ceasefire ending the Iran-Iraq War represented catastrophic defeat for Khomeini's ideological project. After eight years of warfare and hundreds of thousands of casualties, Iran gained virtually nothing while accepting terms it had rejected years earlier when in a stronger military position. The combination of military defeat and the MEK's Operation Mersad created fear that political opposition might capitalize on the regime's weakness.

2026 Context: The January 2026 uprising erupted following economic collapse, with the rial experiencing catastrophic devaluation and soaring prices for essential goods making life untenable for ordinary Iranians. Unlike previous episodic protests, the 2026 demonstrations achieved unprecedented national synchronization, social breadth, and symbolic convergence. Millions participated across 185 cities in all 31 provinces, representing the most severe challenge to regime legitimacy since 1979. The economic crisis, compounded by decades of sanctions and mismanagement, suggested systemic failure rather than temporary hardship.

In both cases, the regime responded to perceived existential threats with preemptive mass killing designed to eliminate opposition before it could organize further.

Parallel 2: Direct Orders from Supreme Leader

Both massacres were authorized by the highest religious and political authority in Iran:

1988: Khomeini's fatwa explicitly ordered: "Annihilate the enemies of Islam immediately. Those who are in prisons throughout the country and remain steadfast in their support for the Monafeqin, are waging war on God and are condemned to execution". This directive removed all judicial and administrative constraints, creating a legal-religious framework for Death Commissions to operate without oversight.

2026: Khamenei's January 9 speech employed similar dehumanizing language ("vandals," "mercenaries," "harmful elements") and explicit operational directives: "The security forces... must be in the field with full authority. There must be no backing down against the vandals". Sources confirmed the killing was carried out on Khamenei's direct order with full approval from the Supreme National Security Council.

The continuity of language and authority—Supreme Leader issuing religious-political justification for mass killing—demonstrates an institutionalized doctrine of extermination applied when the regime feels threatened.

Parallel 3: Same Perpetrators in Positions of Power

The most chilling parallel is the personnel continuity:

Ali Khamenei progressed from President (1988) ensuring implementation of Khomeini's fatwa to Supreme Leader (2026) issuing his own directive for mass killing.

Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei advanced from Intelligence Ministry representative (1988) facilitating extrajudicial executions to Judiciary Chief (2026) ordering "maximum punishment" of protesters.

Ebrahim Raisi rose from Death Commission member (1988) executing thousands to President (2021-2024) overseeing intensified repression before his death in May 2024.​

This continuity demonstrates that the Islamic Republic rewards perpetrators of mass atrocities with promotion rather than prosecution, creating institutional incentives for extreme violence against perceived opponents.

Parallel 4: Information Blackout and Concealment

Both massacres were conducted under conditions designed to prevent documentation:

1988: The executions were carried out in complete secrecy within prison walls. Families were denied information, bodies were buried in unmarked mass graves at night, and official acknowledgment was systematically refused. The scale of killing only emerged years later through survivor testimony and whistleblowers from within the regime.

2026: Authorities imposed a comprehensive internet and telecommunications blackout from January 8, 2026 onward, effectively creating a "digital curtain" to conceal the massacre. NetBlocks confirmed Iran remained largely offline for over 132 hours, obscuring the scale of casualties. Security forces raided homes confiscating Starlink terminals, satellite dishes, computers, and mobile phones to prevent information transmission abroad.

The difference is that in 2026, the volume of deaths overwhelmed concealment capacity. Morgues like Kahrizak were so flooded with bodies that authorities briefly allowed families access, enabling limited video documentation that circumvented the blackout.

Parallel 5: Violation of Protected Spaces

Both massacres involved systematic violation of spaces that should be protected under domestic and international law:

1988: Prisons, where individuals are under state protection and custody, became execution chambers. Prisoners who had already been tried, sentenced, and were serving their terms were re-interrogated and executed without any legal process.

2026: Hospitals, protected under international humanitarian law as medical facilities, became sites of execution. Security forces violated medical neutrality, attacked healthcare workers, removed patients from operating rooms, and executed wounded individuals.

Both violations demonstrate the regime's complete rejection of legal and humanitarian norms when confronting opposition.

Parallel 6: Targeting of Specific Opposition Group

Both massacres disproportionately targeted supporters of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK):

1988: The vast majority of the 30,000 executed were PMOI/MEK members and supporters, though leftist prisoners were also killed. Khomeini's fatwa specifically targeted those "steadfast in their support for the Monafeqin [PMOI/MEK]".

2026: While the January 2026 uprising was spontaneous and broad-based rather than organized by any single group, the regime's propaganda consistently blamed "terrorists" linked to the PMOI/MEK, Israel, and the United States. This framing served to legitimize mass killing by portraying protesters as foreign agents rather than Iranian citizens with legitimate grievances.

The continuity of anti-PMOI/MEK rhetoric across both massacres reflects the organization's status as the regime's primary ideological enemy and provides religious-political justification for extermination.

Key Difference: Scale and Timeframe

The most significant difference is temporal compression:

1988: Approximately 30,000 executed over 3-4 months (July-September/October 1988) in controlled prison environments.

2026: Estimates of 6,000-30,000 killed over days to weeks (primarily January 8-15, 2026) in public streets and hospitals.

If higher-end estimates prove accurate, the 2026 massacre achieved comparable or greater lethality in a dramatically shorter timeframe, indicating intensified capacity and willingness to employ lethal force against civilians.

Legal Analysis: Crimes Against Humanity

The hospital executions and broader 2026 crackdown constitute crimes against humanity under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, specifically:

Article 7(1)(a) - Murder: The widespread and systematic killing of protesters, including execution of hospitalized patients, constitutes murder as part of an attack directed against a civilian population.

Article 7(1)(e) - Imprisonment or severe deprivation of physical liberty: The arbitrary arrest of over 26,000-27,000 protesters, including hundreds of children, without legal process constitutes severe deprivation of liberty.

Article 7(1)(f) - Torture: The systematic beating of medical staff, extraction of forced confessions under duress, and denial of medical care to wounded prisoners constitutes torture.

Article 7(1)(h) - Persecution: The targeting of protesters on political grounds, compounded by denial of fundamental rights including right to life, constitutes persecution of an identifiable group.

The attacks on hospitals specifically violate:

Geneva Conventions Additional Protocol I, Article 18: Medical units must be respected and protected at all times and shall not be the object of attack.


Geneva Conventions, Common Article 3: Persons taking no active part in hostilities, including the wounded and sick, shall in all circumstances be treated humanely.


Customary International Humanitarian Law, Rule 28: Medical units exclusively assigned to medical purposes must be respected and protected in all circumstances.

The Center for Human Rights in Iran, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch have all concluded that the hospital raids and executions constitute grave violations of international humanitarian and human rights law. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk stated: "Hospitals are protected spaces, and medical workers are protected persons—there are no exceptions. By storming hospitals, beating medical staff, and attempting to arrest patients, Iranian authorities are committing grave violations".

The fact that these violations were committed pursuant to direct orders from Supreme Leader Khamenei and were systematic rather than isolated incidents establishes command responsibility under international criminal law.

Strategic Assessment and Implications

Indicator of Regime Fragility

The resort to hospital executions and industrial-scale killing paradoxically signals regime weakness rather than strength. Governments confident in their legitimacy do not execute wounded patients in operating rooms or stack children's bodies in cemetery warehouses. The 2026 crackdown's ferocity indicates the regime's assessment that the uprising represented an existential threat requiring extermination rather than mere suppression.

As noted by retired US Army officers analyzing the crackdown, revolutions differ from episodic unrest not by the scale of any single demonstration, but by their structure and direction—they are sustained rather than spontaneous, cumulative rather than cathartic. A state under revolutionary pressure must deploy coercion continuously rather than episodically, which is costly, exhausting, and politically corrosive. The need to execute hospitalized patients suggests the regime has lost the capacity to govern through normal administrative and security measures.​

Implications for International Justice

The 2026 hospital executions present both challenges and opportunities for accountability:

Challenges:

Iran is not a party to the Rome Statute, limiting ICC jurisdiction


The UN Security Council is unlikely to refer the situation to the ICC due to Russian and Chinese vetoes


Domestic Iranian courts are controlled by the same officials who ordered the massacres


Evidence destruction and witness intimidation complicate documentation

Opportunities:

Universal jurisdiction provisions allow third countries to prosecute Iranian officials for crimes against humanity


The scale of video documentation from morgues and hospitals provides unprecedented evidence


Survivors and medical personnel who fled Iran can provide direct testimony


Financial records showing extortion payments for bodies establish systematic criminality

Significantly, UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman determined in July 2024 that the 1988 executions constituted genocide with intent to exterminate political opponents. Rehman has called on UN member states to use universal jurisdiction to investigate, issue arrest warrants for, and prosecute those involved. The 2026 hospital executions provide additional evidence of ongoing crimes against humanity committed by the same regime apparatus.

Comparison to Other Mass Atrocities

The hospital executions find few parallels in contemporary conflicts:

Syria: While the Assad regime attacked hospitals, documentation of systematic execution of patients within medical facilities is less extensive


Myanmar: The military junta raided hospitals to arrest protesters but large-scale in-hospital executions have not been documented

Historical Precedents: The systematic execution of wounded patients in hospitals most closely resembles practices by totalitarian regimes (Nazi Germany, Khmer Rouge Cambodia) that international law developed specifically to prevent

The 2026 Iranian hospital executions thus represent a reversion to forms of atrocity that the post-World War II international legal order was designed to make impossible.

Conclusion: Institutionalized Mass Killing as Regime Doctrine

The January 2026 hospital executions, when analyzed alongside the 1988 prison massacre, reveal that mass killing of political opponents constitutes institutionalized doctrine within the Islamic Republic of Iran rather than aberrational excess. The continuity of perpetrators—Khamenei, Mohseni-Ejei, and until recently Raisi—across both atrocities demonstrates that the regime rewards such crimes with advancement to the highest positions of power.

This intelligence assessment has documented specific hospitals in Tehran (Milad, Imam Hossein, Farabi, Sina, Labbafinejad, Fayaz Bakhsh, Shahriar, Ibn Sina) and other cities (Poursina in Rasht, Imam Khomeini in Ilam, facilities in Shiraz, Kashani in Isfahan, hospitals in Karaj) where security forces executed wounded protesters or created conditions leading to deaths. It has identified the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Center and Behesht-e Zahra cemetery as primary body disposal sites, with documented evidence of hundreds to thousands of corpses processed through these facilities.

The command structure traces directly from Supreme Leader Khamenei's January 9, 2026 directive for security forces to act "with full authority" against "vandals" to operational implementation by the IRGC, Basij, and intelligence services. This mirrors the 1988 massacre's command chain from Khomeini's fatwa through Death Commissions to individual executioners.

The forensic evidence—bodies bearing both gunshot wounds and medical equipment like intravenous catheters, bullet entry wounds on foreheads with horizontal blood patterns indicating supine position, patients removed from operating rooms and shot—establishes that executions occurred within hospitals after medical treatment had commenced. Witness testimony from healthcare workers, including a nurse who confirmed seeing "finishing shots" before being killed herself, provides direct evidence of systematic murder of protected persons in protected spaces.​

The death toll, whether 6,000 or 30,000, represents the Islamic Republic's deadliest crackdown in its 47-year history, potentially exceeding even the 1988 prison massacre in absolute numbers killed over a compressed timeframe. The willingness to execute children, shoot families in vehicles, and stack bodies carelessly in cemetery warehouses demonstrates complete dehumanization of protesters and abandonment of even performative restraint.

Most significantly, the 2026 hospital executions occurred 38 years after the 1988 prison massacre without any perpetrator of the earlier atrocity having faced accountability. Instead, those responsible ascended to supreme power. This absolute impunity has institutionalized mass killing as the regime's default response to existential threats, creating a precedent that when faced with potential overthrow, Iranian authorities will exterminate opposition on an industrial scale.

The international community's failure to hold perpetrators of the 1988 massacre accountable directly enabled the 2026 hospital executions. Unless the current cycle of impunity is broken through universal jurisdiction prosecutions, ICC referral mechanisms, or other accountability measures, the Islamic Republic will employ mass killing again when it next perceives threats to its survival. The hospital executions of January 2026, like the prison massacres of 1988, constitute crimes against humanity—but unlike 1988, the evidentiary record is more comprehensive, more witnesses have survived and fled, and international legal mechanisms are more developed. Whether this translates into actual accountability will determine whether the pattern of mass atrocities continues or finally faces meaningful consequences.

Summary Table: Confirmed Hospital Facilities and Death Counts

HospitalLocationDeaths/DetailsSourceMilad Hospital Tehran 70 dead (Jan 8) ​
Imam Hossein Hospital Tehran 70 dead (Jan 8) ​
Ibn Sina Hospital Tehran 23 dead (Jan 8) ​
Labbafinejad Hospital Tehran 7 dead, gunshot victims
Fayaz Bakhsh Hospital Tehran 15 dead (Jan 8) ​
Shahriar Hospital Tehran 32 dead (Jan 8) ​
Farabi Eye Hospital Tehran Crisis mode, 200-300 eye injuries
Sina Hospital Tehran (Hasanabad) Tear gas attack Jan 6, patients trapped
Hospital (unnamed) Eastern Tehran 40 dead, bodies stacked in prayer room
Poursina Hospital Rasht 70 dead, morgue overwhelmed
Imam Khomeini Hospital Ilam Multiple IRGC raids Jan 3-4, staff beaten
Kashani Hospital Isfahan In-hospital execution (Hossein Rahimi) ​
Hospitals (multiple) Shiraz Overwhelmed, surgery suspensions
Kasra Hospital Karaj Surrounded, "finishing shots" reported ​
Qassem Soleimani Hospital Karaj Surrounded, entrances blocked ​



Summary Table: Key Morgues and Cemeteries

FacilityLocationDetailsSourceKahrizak Forensic Center South Tehran 250-400+ bodies documented in videos
Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery Tehran Mass burials, bodies stacked in warehouses
Cemetery (unnamed) Mashhad 180-200 bodies buried before dawn Jan 9 ​
Khavaran Cemetery Southeast Tehran 1988 mass graves, later partially destroyed



Summary Table: 1988-2026 Perpetrator Continuity

Individual1988 Position2026 PositionRoleAli Khamenei President Supreme Leader Ensured 1988 fatwa implementation; issued 2026 killing order
Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei Intelligence Ministry Judiciary Rep Judiciary Chief Facilitated 1988 executions; ordered 2026 "maximum punishment"
Ebrahim Raisi Tehran Death Commission Member President (2021-2024; died May 2024) Executed thousands in 1988; intensified repression 2021-2024
Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi Deputy Intelligence Minister Judiciary Adviser Death Commission 1988; declared continuing validity of fatwa 2019




Classification: INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT
Distribution: TOP SECRET Authorized Recipients Only
Date: January 25, 2026

This report synthesizes information from 120+ verified sources including human rights organizations, medical testimony, video evidence, and historical documentation. All casualty figures represent minimum verified counts; actual totals likely exceed documented figures due to regime concealment efforts.

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