Saturday, January 17, 2026

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Part of the video from the previous post: As you can see in the footage, government thugs and suppressive forces are attacking people with machetes. Vahid And a screenshot of the message from the person who sent the images: Vahid 📡 @VahidOnline

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Received video with description: "Various footage from Thursday January 8th and Friday January 9th protests in #Mashhad" Vahid 📡 @VahidOnline

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Trump: The time has come to look for new leadership in Iran. Trump in an interview with Politico, about Iran's Islamic Republic Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei: The time has come to look for new leadership in Iran. The crime he has committed as a country's leader - the complete destruction of the country and use of violence at a level never seen before. To maintain a country's functioning, even if that functioning is at the lowest possible level, leadership must focus on properly governing their country, as I do in the United States, not kill thousands of people to maintain control. This man is a sick individual who should properly govern his country and stop massacring people. His country is the worst place in the world to live because of failed leadership. Ardeshir 📡 @VahidOnline

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From the voice of the cameraman who wanted to be deleted: Fire on 'Khomeini Street #Tehran, Khosh intersection, Ayandeh Bank building' 📍 35.6873, 51.3736 Vahid 📡 @VahidOnline

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⚠️"Take a deep breath! Take a deep breath!" Received video with description "#Mashhad, January 8th" English tweet: Vahid 📡 @VahidOnline

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Ali Salehi, Tehran's prosecutor, responded to Donald Trump's recent claim about canceling the execution sentences of rioters, saying: "Trump always talks a lot of nonsense for no reason. Our approach is decisive, deterrent, and swift." Emphasizing the judicial process, he announced: "Currently, a large number of cases have resulted in indictments being issued and sent to court." Donald Trump had previously said that the Islamic Republic has refrained from executing protesters. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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The official Persian-language page of the U.S. State Department announced in a message that it has received reports indicating the Islamic Republic is preparing options to target American bases. The message stated that as Donald Trump, President of the United States, has repeatedly emphasized, "all options remain on the table," and that any attack by the Islamic Republic on American assets would result in the country facing "very, very powerful force." The U.S. State Department continued by repeating its previous position with a warning: "We have said this before and we say it again - do not play games with President Trump." @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Khamenei confirms thousands killed The leader of the Islamic Republic says he has no intention of taking the country toward war but will not let "internal criminals" go free. Ali Khamenei also admitted to the killing of "several thousand people" during widespread protests across Iran. In a public speech on Saturday, January 17th, Ali Khamenei called the widespread protests in Iran an "American sedition" and claimed to have extinguished it, saying "America must be held accountable." He emphasized: "We have no intention of taking the country toward war, but we will not let internal criminals go free either." Earlier on January 13th, Donald Trump, the US President, had warned that if the Islamic Republic carried out its threats to execute detained protesters, it would face "very serious action" from the United States. A day later, he announced that he had been informed Iran had canceled the executions and the killing of protesters had stopped. On Friday evening, Trump also wrote: "I have great respect for the fact that all the planned executions, which were supposed to take place yesterday (over 800 cases), have been canceled by Iran's leadership. Thank you!" In today's statements, the leader of the Islamic Republic also described a group of protesters as people who had no connection to Israel and intelligence services but were "excited by lies," adding: "This group also killed several thousand people." This is the first time Iran's government has admitted to the killing of "several thousand people," though they make no mention of the role of government agents in the massacre of protesters. Previously, Abbas Araghchi, the Islamic Republic's Foreign Minister, had announced the death toll as "only a few hundred people" and blamed it on "armed terrorists." In another part of his speech, the leader of the Islamic Republic warned domestic political factions that he would not allow "insults to the heads of the country, the president and others in such important international and domestic circumstances." @VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Internet monitoring data (NetBlocks) shows that early Saturday morning, January 17th, after more than 200 hours of complete and widespread internet blackout in Iran, user connectivity has increased very slightly. However, overall access levels remain at around 2 percent of normal conditions, and there are no signs of widespread internet restoration. Experts say this limited increase only covers a small portion of government infrastructure and specific networks, while general public access remains almost completely blocked. Iran's internet blackout is one of the longest communication restrictions in recent years and has alarmed human rights organizations and internet freedom advocates. Meanwhile, some users inside Iran have become active on social media in a limited capacity. @VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Apparently Iranian data centers are connecting to the international internet and if you previously purchased a pre-configured tunnel, it can probably connect now 📍 @TechTube

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On Friday, January 16th, British police arrested a number of protesters during an Iranian demonstration in front of the Islamic Republic's embassy building. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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❌ False claim about state TV admitting to massacre of 23,000 people 🔹A video from a news segment on Iran's state broadcaster IRIB has been circulating on social media with the title "State TV admits to massacre of 23,000 people." 🔹This claim is based on a cropped video from the morning news anchor's remarks on January 16, 2026 on the news channel. 🔹The presenter says "Since the beginning of the Islamic Revolution until now, the number of assassination martyrs has been estimated at over 23,000 people" and then, quoting the head of the Martyrs Foundation, says a "significant number" has been added to this figure. 🔹Officials and state-affiliated media in Iran have so far published no statistics about casualties from recent protests, except for general statements. 🔹This figure of "23,000 assassination martyrs" is also a claimed statistic that an organization called Habilian claims to document. This figure has been published repeatedly in Iranian media over the years, and other numbers have also been mentioned. 🔹This figure and other similar statistics have no credibility without independent verification. 🔹Since the brutal crackdown on Iranian people's protests in January 2026, the Islamic Republic has claimed that "armed terrorists" have "assassinated" people in Iran's streets, while there is undeniable evidence of shooting and massacre of protesters by Islamic Republic security forces. 🔹Factnameh labels the claim of "state TV admitting to massacre of 23,000 people" in recent protests as "false." 👈 Read more on Factnameh 🌐 @Factnameh