More than 36,500 Iranians were reportedly killed by security forces during the January 8-9 crackdown on nationwide protests. If accurate, it is the deadliest two-day protest massacre in history. The numbers come from documents reviewed by Iran International’s Editorial Board.
Iran claims 3,112 were killed.
Iran International’s Editorial Board can confirm the death toll after reviewing newly obtained classified documents, field reports, and accounts from medical staff, witnesses, and victims’ families.
The bodies are still being counted.
Due to communication restrictions and security pressure, independent verification remains impossible. However, based on credible information from hospital sources and eyewitnesses, the number of deaths in several major cities is described as shocking.
What we are witnessing in Iran today can be categorized as a crime against humanity, Iran International reports.
Niall Ferguson describes it as political violence “at the Stalin, Hitler and Mao level”.
President Trump has sent a huge force to Iran.
BREAKING:
CENTCOM has confirmed that the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its strike group have entered the Middle East theater “to promote regional security and stability.” pic.twitter.com/Rptk59GDlX
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 26, 2026
The NY Times Reports:
President Trump is turning his attention back to Iran, which he is threatening with more military strikes “with great power, enthusiasm and purpose.”
He suggested that the strikes would come if Iran did not agree to various demands, including a deal to end its nuclear enrichment program. “Time is running out” for Iran to negotiate such a deal, Mr. Trump warned on Wednesday.
Mr. Trump — and Israel — may be tempted to strike now with the larger aim of bringing down the faltering Iranian regime and perhaps changing the balance of power in the Middle East, experts and analysts say. But given the stakes for the regime in Iran, the risks of a regional conflagration are real, they say.
Iran said they are prepared this time and will respond to the US and Israel
China and Russia are joining Iran for an “exercise.”
BREAKING:
Al Jazeera (Qatar) reports that Iran, China and Russia will launch a joint naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean
in the coming days pic.twitter.com/G35UeCFW7n— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 29, 2026
It appears President Trump is trying to intimidate the Iranian Mullahs into evacuating Tehran and taking refuge in Russia or elsewhere. The attempt is noteworthy but unlikely to bring results, being as Satan has mobilized Saudi Arabia, China and Russia to defend the most evil and despised government in the world.
It’s propaganda. If that many people were killed, it would be due to another organized revolt by the west, who just cannot stop meddling.
There is huge money and power behind creating more wars and bombing Iran.
Trump shot off his mouth like a tough guy saying we’re coming. He told them to take to the streets. They did but Trump left them to hang out to die. He should have kept his mouth shut but he doesn’t roll that way. That New York bravado doesn’t work everywhere. I still think he’s way way better than the… Read more »
Trump never said he would bomb Iran over this.
Got a feeling he’s going too now.