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Report: Over 200 dead in Tehran as regime forces open fire on protesters
https://www.i24news.tv ^ | Jan 9, 2025

Posted on 01/09/2026 5:46:32 PM PST by 11th_VA

Protests against the Islamic regime in Iran continued early Saturday morning, amid a reported deadly crackdown on demonstrators. TIME magazine cited a Tehran doctor speaking on condition of anonymity that just six hospitals in the capital recorded at least 217 killed protesters, “most by live ammunition.”

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei earlier in the day slammed the protesters as foreign-influenced agitators, dismissing U.S. President Donald Trump as having hands “stained with the blood of Iranians.”

State media later referred to the demonstrators as “terrorists,” setting the stage for a violent crackdown as in other protests in recent years.

Protesters are “ruining their own streets ... in order to please the president of the United States,” Khamenei said. “Because he said that he would come to their aid. He should pay attention to the state of his own country instead.”

Trump meanwhile reiterated his pledge to back peaceful protesters with force.

"Iran's in big trouble. It looks to me that the people are taking over certain cities that nobody thought were really possible," he said in a video circulated on social media. "We're watching. I made the statement very strongly that if they start killing people like they have in the past, we will get involved." …

(Excerpt) Read more at i24news.tv ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Iran; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; rebellion; revolt

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2 hours ago NYT Headline: Iran Convulsed in Second Night of protests

Where have they been the last two weeks ?

1 posted on 01/09/2026 5:46:32 PM PST by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

On Toulsi Tv, the host estimated that it might take a week to take Iran back from the Mullahs, although that is definitely not the end of it.


2 posted on 01/09/2026 5:52:00 PM PST by Jonty30 (Escasooners are faster than escalators,)
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To: 11th_VA

The Iranian military is pretty effective against unarmed civilians.


3 posted on 01/09/2026 5:52:38 PM PST by Redmen4ever
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To: Jonty30

I’m so focused on Tousi and Goldie youtube channels I partially burnt dinner this evening. I’m not even Iranian but those Ayatollahs have caused my country (USA) and others much grief. I’ve known and dated a few iranians who were in exile here.


4 posted on 01/09/2026 5:54:59 PM PST by posterchild
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To: 11th_VA

Aufwiedersehen towel heads.


5 posted on 01/09/2026 5:55:51 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: posterchild

I was a young teen when these goat humping sphincters took over in Iran in 1979.


6 posted on 01/09/2026 5:56:12 PM PST by posterchild
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To: Bonemaker

FAFO


7 posted on 01/09/2026 5:57:11 PM PST by juggernaut
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To: 11th_VA

I’m surprised Obama hasn’t weighed in here yet.


8 posted on 01/09/2026 5:57:42 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: 11th_VA

I’m surprised Obama hasn’t weighed in here yet.


9 posted on 01/09/2026 5:57:47 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: 11th_VA

Trump said the US wouldn’t allow the Ayatoilet to slaughter citizens.
He probably high tailed it to Moscow like a COWARD before ordering the slaughter.
Protesters are yelling “Death to Khamenei”: Video
https://www.memri.org/tv/iran-protests-death-to-khamenei-burn-soleimani-statue


10 posted on 01/09/2026 5:57:51 PM PST by doc maverick
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To: posterchild
those Ayatollahs have caused my country (USA) and others much grief.

As a veteran, the change started for me in 1979 … have been looking forward to this day for 47 years

11 posted on 01/09/2026 5:58:20 PM PST by 11th_VA
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To: posterchild
I’m so focused on Tousi and Goldie youtube channels I partially burnt dinner this evening. I’m not even Iranian but those Ayatollahs have caused my country (USA) and others much grief. I’ve known and dated a few iranians who were in exile here.

I know what you mean. I've been glued to TousiTV on YouTube off and on for most of the day today, and I just learned about Goldie a few hours ago, and I've been liking her posts.

I am so proud of the Iranian people, and I hope they are successful in overthrowing the Ayatollah and his totalitarian regime.


12 posted on 01/09/2026 5:58:53 PM PST by chud
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To: juggernaut

Jawohl!


13 posted on 01/09/2026 6:00:37 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: juggernaut

NUKE TEHRAN!


14 posted on 01/09/2026 6:02:18 PM PST by Lazamataz (The quickest and easiest way to untold riches is to be elected to national office.)
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To: All

Odds way over 50% this is a bogus story.

Al Jazeera is Sunni. No great affinity for Iran. But they are the only ones on site.

Everything else is bloggers funded by instigators.


15 posted on 01/09/2026 6:04:15 PM PST by Owen
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To: posterchild
I was a young teen when these goat humping sphincters took over in Iran in 1979.

We're about the same age, I remember the Iran hostage crisis too.
I'm glad that this day has finally come.


16 posted on 01/09/2026 6:08:17 PM PST by chud
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To: chud

I have followed tousi for a while but also only learned of goldie today.


17 posted on 01/09/2026 6:10:29 PM PST by posterchild
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To: 11th_VA

This probably crosses POTUS’s threshold for supporting action.


18 posted on 01/09/2026 6:11:08 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: 11th_VA; SaveFerris
Send in Frank Drebin


19 posted on 01/09/2026 6:13:56 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Redmen4ever

The mullahs need to be sent back to the 7th century with extreme prejudice.


20 posted on 01/09/2026 6:14:55 PM PST by Deo volente (In the US in 2024, 25 people were executed total. More children are aborted than that in a half hour)
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