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A source in Iran, relying on numbers from activist groups tracking the death toll, reported to CBS that at least 12,000 and up to 20,000 brave Iranian protesters may have been murdered in cold blood by the oppressive regime.
CBS has not independently verified this number but because of the blackout, it’s worth reporting.
For 47 years the Iranian regime has ruled through fear, executions, disappearances, and mass violence against its own people.
Silence is complicity, and the world must stop looking away. Tell your friends to pay attention.
Stand with the Iranian people against the murderous regime that’s killing them. Freedom will come when the Iranian people establish a true liberal democracy.
The Iranian regime claimed that 16-year-old Sarina Esmailzadeh took her own life after attending a protest in 2022. Her family knows this is a lie.
Sarina was a teenager whose only “crime” was demanding freedom and dignity in a country ruled by fear. Like so many other young Iranians, her death was followed by a false narrative meant to erase responsibility and silence the truth.
This is how authoritarian regimes operate: they kill, then rewrite reality. The world must listen to families, not propaganda, and demand accountability for every stolen life.
Sarina’s voice matters. The heroic bravery of Iran’s youth will never be forgotten.
🎥: @fightforpersia
On Nowruz 2021, Iranian dancers transformed San Francisco City Hall into a powerful act of resistance.
The “Dance of Unity” wasn’t just a cultural performance, it was a protest. A declaration that Iranian identity is older, richer, and stronger than the Islamist regime that has ruled through fear and repression for decades.
Through movement, music, and tradition, Iranians in the diaspora honored a future rooted in freedom, dignity, and unity, not oppression.
We stand with Iranians, in Iran and around the world, as they fight to reclaim their history and their future.
🎥: @navadance
The Iranian regime is set to execute 26-year-old Erfan Soltani TODAY with no trial, no formal charges, and no evidence.
This is state-sanctioned murder.
For 47 years, the Islamic Republic has ruled through fear, arbitrary detention, torture, and executions designed to silence dissent and terrorize its own people. Young Iranians like Erfan are being killed simply for existing under a regime that fears freedom more than it values human life.
The world must not look away.
Stand with the people of Iran. Demand accountability. Demand an end to executions, repression, and regime violence.
🎥: @themoderatecase
Growing up Jewish in Iran, Kiana was forced to hide her identity from classmates and teachers just to stay safe. She was her teacher’s favorite student, even as that same teacher openly taught the class that Jews are “ugly” and “smell bad.” When the school year ended, Kiana’s mother courageously confronted the teacher, calmly telling her that her daughter is Jewish and asking whether she “smelled.” Faced with the humanity of the child she praised, the teacher backtracked and apologized.
The Iranian people deserve freedom from a regime that normalizes bigotry, fear, and lies, and stories like Kiana’s show exactly why that freedom cannot wait.
🎥: @investdiva
David Cunio’s words are almost impossible to hear and impossible to forget.
In a heartbreaking interview with Israel’s N12 News, David describes how his entire family survived Hamas captivity, including his young daughter Emma, who was just a toddler when they were kidnapped into Gaza. Terrorists took Emma away from her parents, and when she was finally returned, she did not immediately recognize them. It was only when her mother, Sharon, began to sing to her that Emma realized who they were.
This is the human cost of terrorism. Families were destroyed, childhoods stolen, and trauma was caused that release can’t erase. The Cunio family’s survival is a miracle, but their story is a reminder of why the world must confront Hamas for what it is, and why the suffering of innocent families at the hands of terror organizations can never be ignored.
🎥: @n12news
The Israeli flag and the Iranian liberation flag 🦁☀️ flying side by side in Los Angeles tell a powerful truth: the fight for freedom is shared.
The Iranian people have endured decades of brutality under a regime that is murdering thousands of its own citizens every day. Their struggle is a fundamental fight for basic human dignity, democracy, and life itself.
When Israelis and Iranians stand together, it sends a clear message to the world: the tyranny of the Iranian regime will not succeed and freedom will prevail. The return of democracy to Iran is not only possible, it is necessary RIGHT NOW.
🎥: @shlitzzy12
Israeli singer @nofar_batat shared a powerful moment of connection when she welcomed an Iranian fan from Dubai who traveled all the way to Israel specifically to see her perform.
In a region too often divided by regimes and propaganda, this moment shows the truth: people want culture, music, and human connection, not hatred.
The future of the Middle East belongs to those who choose life, creativity, and freedom over fear. Moments like this are what real coexistence looks like.
🎥: @nofar_batat
