Iran Just Committed One of the Worst Mass Killings Since World War II
- Hananya Naftali
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If a Western government had gunned down 30,000 of its own people in two days, the UN would be in emergency session. Mainstream media would be wall-to-wall coverage. The streets of Europe would be packed with protesters waving signs. Hollywood stars would be making black-and-white Instagram videos, whispering “we stand with the people.”
But when the Islamic Republic of Iran unleashes military-grade death on its own citizens, sniping teenagers off rooftops, executing injured protesters in hospital beds, using 18-wheeler trucks to carry away piles of bodies, the world mostly shrugs.
And that’s not incompetence. That’s complicity.
What Happened?
On January 8–9, 2026, Iran’s regime launched a 48-hour bloodbath the world hasn’t seen since the Holocaust. According to leaked hospital records, testimonies from medical professionals, and data gathered by Iran International, over 30,000 Iranians may have been killed in just two days for protesting against their government. Not arrested. Not injured. Killed.
If these numbers are accurate, and mounting evidence suggests they are, then what happened in Iran this month is one of the worst mass killings in modern history. The only comparable case listed in global massacre databases is the Babyn Yar massacre, when 33,000 Jews were shot in a ravine outside Kyiv by the Nazis in 1941.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), following direct orders from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, cut communications, unleashed rooftop snipers, and rolled trucks with mounted heavy machine guns through the streets. Protesters were told via state media that if they stepped outside, they shouldn’t be surprised if they caught a bullet.That’s not policing. That’s terrorism.
Dead in the Streets, Shot in Hospitals
According to doctors and nurses who risked their lives to speak out, the regime didn’t just kill in the streets. They executed wounded protesters in hospital beds. Some had been stabilized, treated, and then shot in the head after midnight visits from regime operatives. The IRGC made sure no one walked out alive if they were seen as a threat.
One nurse in Tehran called it a “war zone.” Morgues were overwhelmed. The Kahrizak Forensic Center was so full that corpses lined the sidewalks outside. Families were shown photos of the dead and asked to identify loved ones by number. This is 2026. Not 1942.
This was not a protest crackdown. This was a planned state-led extermination of political dissent. A massacre. And it’s almost completely silent on the world stage.
The UN issued a weak statement. The EU? Some vague calls for restraint. Apparently, if it’s not Israel building an apartment in Judea and Samaria, nobody really cares.
But Iran can slaughter tens of thousands of unarmed men, women, and children, and the media just yawns. Why?
Because the victims are Iranian, not Palestinian. Because the killers are anti-Western mullahs, not Zionist Jews like they wrongfully blame us every other day. Because the global elite still sees Iran’s leadership as a negotiating partner rather than the fascist terror state it is. The truth is ugly. But the double standard is real. Dead civilians only matter when their killers are convenient villains. The silence on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria is another example.
“Shoot to Kill”
According to The New York Times, Ayatollah Khamenei himself gave the order: “Use any means necessary.” That means this massacre came from the very top. And if 30,000 is the number we know, how many were killed in areas with no doctors brave enough to speak out? No satellite phones? No records?
We will never know the full count. But the regime’s own people admit that they ran out of body bags and had to resort to 18-wheeler trailers to move the corpses. That is how large this slaughter was.
This is what evil looks like.
It gets worse.
During the crackdown, an IRGC spokesman appeared on national television and warned citizens that if they entered the streets, they should not “complain if a bullet hits them.” That is state-approved, nationally broadcast death threats. What kind of society are we pretending Iran is? A misunderstood regional player? Or the theocratic death cult it truly is?
This regime has been clear from the beginning. They don’t negotiate. They don’t compromise. They crush. They kill. They rule by blood and fear. They’ve been doing it since 1979. And now, once again, the world is pretending not to see.
The prophet Isaiah once said:
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil… who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away justice from the righteous man!” (Isaiah 5:20,23)
That’s what we are watching happen. The international media, the United Nations, the so-called human rights community - they’ve decided that Iranian lives don’t matter. They won’t say it out loud, but their silence says enough. There is no justice for the righteous in Tehran tonight. Only the screams of families hunting for the bodies of their children.
The truth is not pretty. But it is necessary.
Iran just carried out a massacre that could rank among the worst in modern history. Not in wartime. Not in some far-flung tribal region. In major cities, on camera, under a coordinated military command.
Thirty thousand people. In two days.
The same international community that screams “never again” every January on Holocaust Remembrance Day just watched something a massacre in real time, and did nothing. There were no emergency meetings. No sanctions. No worldwide protests.
But there is still time to speak up.
Because truth matters. And memory matters. And the only thing worse than a massacre is pretending it didn’t happen.
May the God of justice rise. May the blood of the innocent cry out from the ground. And may the world never forget what happened on the streets of Iran on January 8, 2026.
We see you. We won’t stay silent.