Between the involuntary admissions of the Forensic Medicine Organization regarding the massacre of protesters and the nature of their killing, and the calls for rapid public executions, there lies a gap filled with lies, intimidation, and the criminalization of truth. The Iranian regime is currently finalizing a project where the “victim” is transformed into the “accused” and the “executioner” sits in the seat of the “judge.” The following account is the assembly of puzzle pieces aimed at a single goal: Institutionalizing brutal massacre as a strategy for the preservation of power.
The Truth Emerges: Admission of Systematic Shootings
To understand this project, one must begin where the raw truth of the massacre—despite heavy censorship—leaks through technical reports. The forensic report clearly indicates that the objective was not to contain protests, but rather to achieve “definitive killing”:
Mizan News Agency (Jan 13, 2026): “Masjedi, Head of the Forensic Medicine Organization, stated: ‘In the recent unrest, contrary to previous disturbances, trained terrorist forces mostly attacked vital organs (from the waist up).’ The Head of the Forensic Medicine Organization clarified: ‘A significant number of the deceased in the recent unrest died due to slit throats, stabbings, being shot in the neck with hunting rifles from a very close range or being struck from rooftops.’”
The Denial Machine: Engineering Statistics for Concealment
Immediately following this information leak, the regime deployed its denial and obfuscation machine to keep the true scale of the tragedy and the identities of the deceased in a state of ambiguity:
Mizan News Agency (Feb 14, 2026): “Following the publication of baseless content titled ‘50 Unidentified Bodies of Female Protesters’ on some social media pages, the Public Relations of the Forensic Medicine Organization, while seriously denying this content… provided explanations… All women who lost their lives in the January incidents have been identified and delivered to their relatives, and there are no unidentified female bodies related to last month’s incidents in this center… According to the latest inquiry from the Diagnostic and Laboratory Center of Tehran Province, on January 31, there were only 7 unidentified bodies from the January incidents in that center, all of whom were male.”
Criminalizing the Documentation of Crimes Against Humanity; Ensuring “Absolute Darkness”
Statistical concealment alone is insufficient; to prevent further information scandals, the regime officially defines any citizen’s attempt to record evidence of the crime and send it to the world as a “crime” in itself, providing a safe environment for the executioners:
Khabar Online (Jan 18, 2026): The Judiciary Spokesperson, in response to a question about individuals who, in the form of citizen-journalists, sent images and videos, stated: “Regarding riots, terror, damage, and destruction, sufficient laws exist and there is no need to submit a bill to Parliament. The acts we witnessed in recent days are crimes and can be swiftly prosecuted. In recent events, if anyone cooperates with the enemy in any way during times of insecurity and promotes the enemy’s interests, these actions are criminal, and the necessary legal provisions have been made.”
Audacity in Accountability: Reversing the Roles of Killer and Victim
After blocking information channels, it is time for the audacity of shifting responsibility. At this stage, the judiciary—ignoring the direct shootings—labels the victims and the inciters as the ones responsible for the blood spilled:
Asghar Jahangir, Judiciary Spokesperson: “At the same time, the statistics we gather, whatever number they may be, show that the agents who manufactured these statistics—meaning those who incited and agitated the people to come to the streets and acted toward killing or injuring innocent individuals—must be the ones held accountable.” (Khabar Online – Jan 18, 2026)
Silencing the Nation: No One Has the Right to Speak
This chain of intimidation extends beyond the streets to public figures and social spaces, aiming to destroy any hub of solidarity with the January uprising:
Khabar Online (Jan 20, 2026): “The Tehran Prosecutor’s Office has filed judicial cases against 15 athletes and actors, and additionally, judicial cases have been filed against 10 signatories of the House of Cinema statement… Among the judicial cases filed, the names of 60 cafes are also seen. In cases filed against individuals and entities, the assets of several of these figures have been seized.”
Criminalizing Blood Ties: Families of Detained Protesters in the Crosshairs of Judicial Revenge
Systematic terror gradually penetrates the lower layers of society and the private lives of detainees. The formation of “Character Files” for families is a tool for psychological torture and mounting pressure on protesters:
Khabar Online (Jan 19, 2026): “The Prosecutor General stated: ‘We have ordered prosecutors nationwide to form “Character Files” for the accused in the recent riots, and in this file, record the full identity, education level, possible records of the individual, as well as their family members…’ He stated: ‘Acceleration, precision, and decisiveness in handling the files of rioting elements, as well as the acceleration of the execution of sentences, are among other orders issued to prosecutors.”
Reaffirming the Slaughter Behind Closed Walls; All Leniency Forbidden
ILNA News Agency (Feb 12, 2026) – Mohammad Movahedi, Prosecutor General: “Emphasizing the necessity of decisive, precise, and legal processing of the files of those arrested in the recent fitna (sedition), addressing the Prosecutor of Azadshahr, he stated: ‘Individuals whose involvement in criminal acts has been established must be processed swiftly without any leniency (Omission of Mercy) and with strict adherence to the law.’” Furthermore, according to ILNA on Feb 11, 2026, Hamzeh Khalili, First Deputy of the Judiciary, emphasized: “Individuals who have committed riots and rebellion will be dealt with without any compromise or leniency.” Additionally, Asghar Jahangir, Judiciary Spokesperson, noted on Feb 11, 2026: “The Judiciary will act with decisiveness against those who held roles of leadership, organization, and support for terrorist actions and insecurity in recent incidents.”
Public Executions: A Return to Barbarism for “Lesson-Teaching”
Finally, this bloody scenario culminates in calls for the display of death in the streets. The goal is no longer concealment, but the raw display of atrocity to instill public terror:
Khabar Online (Jan 19, 2026): Ali Shirazi, Head of the Police Ideological-Political Bureau, asked the Head of the Judiciary: “Order that the files of all criminals be reviewed without waiting for their turn, and swiftly, and their final sentences be issued. It is appropriate that you order the sentences of these Moharebs (enemies of God) to be executed in public, at the scene of the crime, and with speed. The speed of action and the decisive ruling of the judiciary will bring rage and fear to the violators… so that future generations recount their story from generation to generation.” He further stated: “The Islamic Republic of Iran, by dealing firmly with the riot leaders… must prevent the recurrence of such incidents in the future…”
Conclusion: Symbolic Gestures without Deterrent Action; The Ink for the Authors of Death Sentences
What has been documented in this report is not merely a narrative of suppression; it is a “Historical Indictment” against a system that has led Justice to the slaughterhouse to ensure its survival. When the criminal sits in the seat of the judge and “street massacre” is transformed into “legal execution” by the prosecutor’s seal, we are no longer speaking only of human rights violations, but of the “Transformation of Law into a Lever for Crime.”
This report is a dire warning: The Islamic Republic is testing the threshold of the world’s awakened conscience. Every death sentence carried out in public and every video deemed a crime is another brick in the high wall of “Impunity.”
The international community and global legal institutions must know:
By sufficing with verbal condemnations and symbolic sanctions, they are, in fact, shirking their “Universal Responsibility” to safeguard humanity. This inaction effectively leaves the door open for the regime to package crimes against humanity as “legal measures” and impose them on the world. The credibility of the UN Charter and international conventions is being slaughtered today in the streets and prisons of Iran.
History will judge not only those who pulled the trigger in January 2026, but also all the institutions that, through diplomatic hesitation and ineffective actions, allowed the Law to become a tool for criminals instead of a shield for victims.
The time for executive and binding action is now; tomorrow will be far too late for the thousands behind high prison walls whose names have been placed on the “No Leniency” list.
