Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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⚠️Government forces attack people for simply being on the sidewalk! Video received from a "16-year-old cameraman" with description: "Tehran, January 8, 2026" - at 00:22 you can hear: "Hit him in the head!" Update: This video was actually from Chahar Bagh-e Abbasi Street in #Isfahan, not Tehran.

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US President Donald Trump has published a private message from the French President on his Truth Social account, in which Emmanuel Macron told him about the possibility of extensive cooperation on the Iran issue. In this message where Macron discussed several topics, he also wrote about Iran: "We can do great things regarding Iran." In this message to the US President, Mr. Macron wrote about the alignment of the two countries regarding Syria and made some ambiguous references about Trump's policy toward Greenland. He suggested to the US President that this week, after participating in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he should come to Paris along with the leaders of the G7 countries and have dinner together in the evening. @VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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♦️Tehran Governor's Office announced on Tuesday, January 20th that due to continued severe cold weather and increased gas consumption, all government offices and educational centers in Tehran province will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, January 21st. This decision was made based on meteorological forecasts and approved by the provincial crisis management headquarters, covering government offices, schools, universities, banks, and municipalities. According to this announcement, medical centers, emergency services, police stations, and service centers, as well as the stock exchange and bank branches on duty, are not included in the closure and will continue operating. Tehran Governor's Office added that the schedule for continuing school exams will be announced later by the Ministry of Education. Meanwhile, Hamadan Governor's Office also announced the closure of offices and universities in the province on Wednesday and declared that schools will be held virtually. West Azerbaijan Governor's Office also announced the closure of offices and universities and the shift to virtual schooling for schools, citing severe temperature drops and freezing conditions. In Sistan and Baluchestan province, schools in the cities of Zahedan, Khash, Taftan, and Mirjaveh will also be closed on Wednesday. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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🔸Mai Sato, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, says the death toll from recent protests in Iran is rising and may provide grounds for international bodies to investigate "crimes against humanity." @VahidHeadline 🔸Members of the European Parliament honored Iranian protesters by standing and applauding for about a minute instead of observing a minute of silence. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, told members during the public session: "I know many of you would like to pay your respects to the thousands killed on Iran's streets with silence, but the Iranian people don't need silence." She had previously banned diplomats and other representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran from entering the buildings of this institution. @VahidHeadline 🔸The President of the European Commission proposed that following the bloody crackdown on protesters in Iran, further restrictions should be imposed on exports of drone and missile technology to Iran. Ursula von der Leyen wrote on social media platform X: "Europe stands fully with the brave women and men of Iran; those who risk their lives to demand freedom for themselves and future generations." @VahidHeadline 🔸Prince Reza Pahlavi called Ali Khamenei "an anti-Iranian criminal" whose hands are "stained with the blood of tens of thousands of Iranians." In a video message, Mr. Pahlavi addressed Khamenei saying: "You, your regime, and all your mercenaries will answer for every drop of blood you have spilled; without exception." Referencing the trial and punishment of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg, he told Khamenei that he and his accomplices have "no escape route" and "nowhere to hide" and that they too will be tried and punished. Reza Pahlavi, emphasizing that "the murderers of the Iranian people will have no immunity," also told the Iranian people: "You are not alone. Your resistance has changed history. You stand on the front lines of freedom." He added to the Iranian people: "Have faith in yourselves; in your unity; in your courage; in your greatness... This regime fears you and your power. We will not let our grief turn into despair." Prince Reza Pahlavi also added that while "the grief of losing Iran's best children is heavy, we transform this grief into conscious anger and an unbreakable will against Khamenei and all his domestic and foreign agents." He simultaneously asked people to "be ready" because "the moment to return to the streets will come." @VahidHeadline 🔸Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner, emphasized in a recent interview with French newspaper Libération that the Islamic Republic system is "fundamentally unreformable" and the power structure is designed so that any attempt to improve conditions from within the system will fail. This human rights activist criticized Western countries' approach toward Iran, saying that "opportunistic" policies and attempts at "compromise" with the government have only helped perpetuate the current situation. She asks the international community to stand with the Iranian people and increase pressure on the core of power. @VahidHeadline 🔸The National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly issued a statement addressing Donald Trump, President of the United States, declaring that any assault on Ali Khamenei would mean declaring war on the entire Islamic world, and America should expect a jihad decree from Islamic scholars and a response from soldiers of Islam worldwide. In this statement, the parliament's National Security Commission called Donald Trump "insane" and emphasized that the US President should face retribution for what they termed "killing Qasem Soleimani and thousands of innocents in Iran." @VahidHeadline 🔸Iranian media have reported that the office of "Mohammad Javad Zarif," former Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic, has denied news about his arrest and that of "Hassan Rouhani," former President, as well as claims about their contact with Prince Reza Pahlavi. [This was a strange claim by Israel's Channel 14] @VahidHeadline 🔸NetBlocks, the internet monitoring organization, wrote in its Tuesday, January 20th update that on the thirteenth day of nationwide internet shutdown in Iran, "the nationwide internet shutdown in Iran has passed 280 hours and the country with a population of over 90 million remains cut off from global communications for the thirteenth consecutive day." @VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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⚠️Sounds of gunfire and bloody scenes Carrying the wounded on blood-soaked sidewalks, under the sound of people being shot Someone says I don't have a belt, Another person dragging their completely bloodied leg takes off their belt. Come come come... In the final seconds, someone else is looking for a #belt. 00:20 ... Video released on social media with description: #Tehran, Thursday January 18th or Friday January 19th Update: Apparently the source was this tweet that wrote: "Saturday January 20th, Tehran This video from Iran reached me. ..." Imanemunmusic Apparently this is Narmak area below Sabz intersection. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Received photo with caption: '#Gorgan, within 100 meters of the crowd of protesting people, Friday January 9th' Vahid 📡 @VahidOnline

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I received the images above along with a list of some of the killed citizens from #Babol that I don't have the ability to investigate myself: 1- Mohammad Mostafazadeh – from Mozigoleh village 2- Ebrahim Mostafapour Armaki – from Armak village – owner of Alefba stationery store in Babol's bazaar – father of a 10-year-old child 3- Abolfazl (Milad) Babanezhad – from Harikandeh village – 20 years old 4- Seyyed Mohammad Hashemi – from Harikandeh village – 19 years old 5- Mohammad Ebrahim Dadashi – from Siahkala Mahalleh village 6- Fariba Babajani – from Gorgan – 62 years old 7- Hamid Ahmadnezhad Sarhammami – Babolsar – He was first hit by pellets in Behzad neighborhood, then fell to the ground and was beaten to death. 8- Abolfazl Alipour – from Siadreka village 9- Khadijeh Bahmani – from Gardanbari village – 40 years old 10- Nader Mohammadi – from Kamangarkala village 11- Erfan Gholipour – from Kamangarkala village 12- Mahdi Fazelzadeh – from Darzikala-ye Akhondi village 13- Bahram Abbasqolizadeh – from Bala Sarost village 14- Erfan Azardeh – from Ramanat village – He was shot directly with bullets at Geleh Mahalleh intersection and was martyred. 15- Hassan Samakush 3 people from Babol were killed outside the city of Babol: 16- Hashem Varzi – from Nariyuran village – place of killing: Karaj 17- Mohammad Amin Hajian Tabari – place of killing: Amol. He was returning from a wedding ceremony and was killed in his formal clothes while getting out to buy cigarettes from a supermarket. 18- Ahmadreza Ghaderi [third photo above] – place of killing: Sari. He was a 1999 entry student of Manufacturing and Production Mechanics at Babol Noshirvani University. 📡 @VahidOnline