Trump Says He Won't Strike Iran, Meanwhile, The Mullahs Have Imported A Terror Group From Iraq To Murder Iranians In the Street

Kurt Mahlburg

Another Iran update, courtesy of X.

First, the death toll.

According to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), 3,090 were reported dead in Iran, while nearly 4,000 more deaths are under review. The breakdown: 2,885 protesters, 165 security personnel, 21 civilians, and 19 children. Another 3,882 reported deaths are still being verified.

Multiple accounts are reporting that Iranian State TV has admitted that as many as 23,000 civilians killed.

Accoridng to Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, "More than 12,000 Iranians were massacred in 48 hours. One murder every 14 seconds. Khamenei's killers even hunted the wounded protesters in hospitals and executed them in cold blood."

If the 12,000 figure is true, "What happened in Iran is the largest and most lethal state massacre in modern history of the world after the Second World War. Even the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown had fewer casualties than what ayatollahs did to the Iranian protestors." — Siamak Javadi

In other news:

Iran’s government said the nationwide internet blackout will remain in effect at least until the Iranian New Year in late March.

The son of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is reportedly attempting to seek refuge in Dubai.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has revealed that Iranian leadership is moving their money out of Iran: "We are now seeing the rats fleeing the ship... We can see millions, tens of millions of dollars being wired out of the country, snuck out of the country by the Iranian leadership... They are abandoning ship, and we are seeing it come into banks and financial institutions all over the world."

"Analyst Shanaka Anslem Perera says Iran's IRGC Intelligence Org went public on Jan 9, admitting they're "dealing with possible acts of abandonment" in their ranks. They suddenly deleted it hours later. In 45 years, that's a first. The move raised red flags on the regime's grip slipping and that some security forces might bail on killing protesters. He argues regimes fall when troops stop firing, not just from economic crashes (like Venezuela survived hyperinflation but Romania flipped fast in '89). The prediction? 90 days til the regime collapses. Unit defections, the economy, unrest, and resentment towards Iran's regime, that's the recipe." — Mario Nawfal

"The streets are quieter now… but it’s not because people suddenly gave up. It’s because the regime rolled out the full playbook: internet blackouts, mass arrests, and enough security forces to make people think twice about even stepping outside. However, people are still angry, they’re just being forced into silence due to fear of violence." — Mario Nawfal

Message received from Iran: "Tell the world we have not given up. We cannot come to the streets because armed forces are at every corner. If they see more than two people together, they start shooting. People are too scared to even leave their homes. Tell Trump we are trapped inside, waiting for them to be pushed back so we can return to the streets. We will not retreat, even if we are all killed. We have nothing left to lose."