News agencies: sharp rise in likelihood of US attack on Iran's regime

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0:01 Hello. It is Wednesday, the 24th [of Dey] 1404, January 14, 2026. The dimensions of the crime against humanity committed by the Zahhak of our time, that is, Khamenei, are becoming clearer every day. According to legal experts, "crime against humanity" is precisely the legal term that applies to the crime that has taken place in Iran and is still taking place: a massacre that various sources have put at anywhere from 500 to 5,000 people, and still no one knows how many people this horrific crime has claimed.

1:00 The devil Khamenei himself decided that the crackdown on the people had reached, so to speak, level four, and that the directives for this level had to be carried out. These include cutting off communications, mass arrests of activists, the use of live ammunition, and suppression within three or four days, to the point of piling up the bodies of the dead. The Zeynabiyoun and Fatemiyoun forces, that is, two Afghan groups, one made up of Afghans from Pakistan and the other of Afghans from Afghanistan, who had been equipped for Syria, were paid there and fought there,

1:55 were sent into the streets, in addition to forces of the Hashd al-Shaabi brought from Iraq. Under the command of the executioner Esmail Qaani, the successor to a murderer like Qasem Soleimani, and also under the command of the IRGC, they were let loose on the people. This massacre was carried out with unparalleled savagery and ferocity, and it has produced a catastrophe in the killing of our compatriots that is, at the very least, unprecedented in our contemporary history, and perhaps has had no precedent since the Mongol invasion. It is taking place while the IRGC has been made responsible for controlling communications between cities and the roads as well.

2:56 Within cities, they are effectively banning movement, and mass arrests have been carried out, not only of activists on the ground over the past week to ten days, but even of activists who had a past record of activity and who possibly may not even have been involved in these activities. It is said that more than 10,000 people have been sent to prison, and it is said that there are many people under 18 among them. To free up space, they release them earlier after making them sign pledges and so on, though not all of them, so that prison capacity remains available for arresting more people. Human rights organizations, especially Iranian human rights organizations,

3:54 have good methods for collecting evidence and documentation, and it would be good if they trained people in them these days, so that our compatriots who are exposed to these abuses, violations, killings and crackdowns can collect evidence in the proper, court-admissible way, covering every dimension, so that in any international court the criminal leaders of the Islamic Republic can be put on trial like the leaders of the Nazi Party.

4:47 But according to what those who have managed to get out are relating, the country has completely shut down over these past few days. All transactions have stopped, and it is hard to make contact. Many shops and bazaars are still closed. Naturally, after this massacre the regime has no choice but to restart activities next week in some way, because otherwise some people will simply die of hunger. Even now, rising food prices are being reported, along with shortages of medicine, shortages of food, and so on. It must reopen as soon as possible, and this is exactly where the people can,

5:43 without putting themselves in danger, now that the regime has driven them back into their homes, turn the blow the regime has dealt back onto the regime itself through a widespread strike, by not coming out into the streets and not resuming activities. In any case, this picture, and there is still a very, very, very long way to go before the full dimensions of this crime become clear, is the initial information that is coming out. But Mr. Trump, who stressed at least four times during the popular protests that if the regime killed the people he would respond, said, "I'm not Obama."

6:41 I don't know: he wrote it, he said it, he gave interviews, he said it orally, he said it in writing, but there is still no sign of action from him. Even yesterday, Tuesday, he effectively told the people again: continue the protests, go and take over the institutions. That was easy for him to say from somewhere safe and warm. Keep protesting, help is on the way. His moral responsibility is very heavy, because many people, trusting his words, thought the regime would not be able to kill people and came out into the streets. And now that the regime has committed this horrific crime, he is still just talking, including saying today, in a meeting

7:40 with Congress, that the killing of protesters in Iran has stopped. He should be told: it may have stopped because they killed everyone; they piled up the bodies of everyone they could get their hands on. The hospitals have no capacity left. It is even said that in some hospitals the security forces stormed in and finished off those wounded in these protests with a coup de grâce. They spared nothing in savagery, ferocity, brutality and murder. It is said that Qatar and Saudi Arabia, in addition to Turkey, made strenuous efforts to persuade Mr. Trump not to take military action against Iran. In particular, there are the statements of Mr. Hakan Fidan,

8:33 Turkey's foreign minister, who is extremely active and wants, and has stated, that the United States and Israel should leave Iran alone. Perhaps because of their rivalry with Israel in the region, or other issues and interests of their own, they are in any case working hard to get America not to attack Iran. Today the US National Security Council met, and when Vice President JD Vance and Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State and National Security Adviser, came out of the meeting, they did not speak to any reporters, even though the reporters had dozens of questions

9:30 about what the outcome of the meeting had been. They had certainly been told not to give interviews. On the other hand, for the past few hours there has been a strong smell of war and an American attack. American forces have been moved out of the air base in Qatar, and likewise from the Ain al-Asad base in Iraq. Iran's skies have been completely emptied; no flights are taking place over Iran. Britain has also moved its forces and closed its embassy. Many embassies have reduced or withdrawn their staff. All of this, together with what the Western and American press are writing, some of it speculation,

10:25 some of it citing anonymous sources and so on, suggests that the United States may carry out a military operation in Iran within the next 24 hours. In any case, even if it does, the question is: what are the targets of this attack? Is it proportionate to the horrific crime that Khamenei and the senior officials of his regime have committed or not? Or does Mr. Trump just want to do something for the sake of appearances, so he can say, "I said something and I carried it out"? Although these actions come late, and in effect what should not have happened has already happened, and the regime has massacred the people, meaning Mr. Trump's threats did not deter the crackdown, nevertheless, if

11:27 he carries out an effective operation against IRGC centers, IRGC communications, and the most senior commanders, and especially if Khamenei himself is targeted, it could make up for what has been lost. But if it is just for the sake of appearances and the like, one could even say it would end up benefiting the Iranian regime, because it would then be able to push its claims and talking points even harder, as if to prove them. With hope for the victory of Iran and Iranians.