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UPDATE: 09:00 PM CET
Turin Takes to the Streets for Iran: “We Cannot Remain Silent”
In Piazza Carignano, despite the rain, hundreds of people demonstrated in solidarity with the Iranian people and in support of the organized Resistance. Covered faces, placards calling for freedom, and demands for free elections and a secular state filled the square.
“Today in Piazza Carignano, I reiterated that Piedmont stands alongside the Iranian resistance and against a regime that rules through fear and violence,” said Davide Nicco, president of the Regional Council. Speaking at the rally, he described the Iranian people as “a courageous people who are not afraid to risk their lives to reclaim their freedom. We cannot remain silent.”
Iran’s Uprising Was Decades in the Making
What the world is witnessing across Iran today is not a sudden tremor or a spontaneous reaction to a distant voice. It is the culmination of a tectonic shift—one produced by a society that has reached its breaking point after more than four decades of sustained, methodical resistance. To understand the durability of this uprising, one must look beyond the headlines and past the hollow claims made outside Iran, and instead focus on the organized networks that have kept the pulse of defiance alive under some of the most brutal conditions imaginable.
For more than forty years, a dedicated opposition has operated inside Iran’s borders at a human cost that is almost incomprehensible. Over 100,000 lives have been lost to torture and execution. Among them were the 30,000 political prisoners systematically murdered during the 1988 massacre—an atrocity that United Nations experts have recently characterized as a crime against humanity and a precursor to genocide. This is the bedrock of today’s protests. They are not born of impulse or imitation, but of a legacy of absolute commitment forged in blood.
UPDATE: 02:30 PM CET
Teenage Girl Is Gunned Down by Iran’s Murder Mob as Call Goes Up ‘This Is Gen Z’s Fight!’
A teenage girl was among six brave young Iranians killed in cold blood by murderous regime forces whose identities were today released by freedom fighters.
Zahra (Raha) Bohlouli-Pour, 18, was a student at the University of Tehran. She was killed by the regime’s security forces in Tehran (Fatemi Street) on January 8, 2026.
Zahra and her fellow freedom-fighters were members of the network of “Resistance Units” which have been campaigning for a democratic Iran for decades.
The Resistance Units count many women among their members. They have been involved in low-key anti-regime activities including organizing demonstrations. In the past three weeks, in many cases they provided protection to the protests.
In Iran, Don’t Rerun 1979
Iran is once again experiencing sustained unrest reflecting something much more powerful than a political or ideological disagreement. Month after month, the people have endured deepening economic deprivation and political suffocation. The ruling clerics, led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, seem unable or unwilling to provide relief even as they continue building weaponry and underwriting foreign proxy militias. Reports indicate that Iraqi Shia militias funded by the Tehran regime have been brought into Iran to help suppress the uprising.
When shopkeepers shut their doors, students flood campuses, and families chant in the streets knowing they may be arrested or even killed, they are not just taking a day or two off to march for a virtuous cause: they are signaling something far more consequential, namely that the Islamic Republic’s capacity to provide for Iran’s citizens has collapsed. After 47 years of diverting energy revenues and holding back the vast potential of over 90 million Iranians, this regime’s days may be numbered.
UPDATE: 08:00 AM CET
Day 20 Of Iran Uprising: Zahedan Rises Despite Siege; PMOI Releases Names of Resistance Units Martyrs
The nationwide uprising against the religious dictatorship in Iran has reached its twentieth day on Friday, January 16, 2026. Following a nineteenth day marked by the revelation of over 50,000 arrests and the regime’s use of drones to hunt down civilians, the people have shown no signs of backing down. On Friday, the brave people of Zahedan took to the streets once again, defying a massive security crackdown. Simultaneously, the mullahs’ regime faces deepening diplomatic isolation for its crimes against humanity.
Oslo Rally, Jan 15, 2026: Call on Norway to Support Iran Protests and Blacklist the IRGC
Oslo – January 15, 2026: Supporters of the Iranian Resistance gathered for several consecutive days in front of the Norwegian Parliament to express their strong support for the nationwide protests in Iran. The demonstrators strongly condemned the massacre of thousands of protesters by the clerical regime and called for holding the regime accountable for crimes against humanity.
Washington, DC – Second Day: Iranian Americans Rally at Capitol Hill Backing Iran’s Nationwide Protests
For the second consecutive day, Iranian Americans and freedom-loving Iranians gathered outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 14, 2026, to show solidarity with the ongoing nationwide protests in Iran.
Washington, DC – Second Day: Iranian Americans Rally at Capitol Hill Backing Iran’s Nationwide Protests #IranProtests #No2ShahNo2Mullahs #IranRevolution2026 https://t.co/nGGDix4Dok
— Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) January 16, 2026
Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) chanted anti-regime slogans and called for an end to dictatorship in all its forms. Iranian Americans called on policymakers to hold the regime accountable for ongoing crimes against humanity in Iran, including the massacre of thousands of protesters.
Iranians in London Protest Mass Killings and Voice Support for Nationwide Uprising in Iran
London, United Kingdom — January 14, 2026 — Once again, freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) gathered outside the British Prime Minister’s Office in London to express solidarity with the nationwide protests in Iran that began on December 28, 2025.
Iranians in #London Protest Mass Killings and Voice Support for Nationwide Uprising in Iran #IranProtests #CrimesAgainstHumanity #IranRevolution2026 https://t.co/kzUXHnph9D
— Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) January 16, 2026
The rally brought together representatives from various Iranian communities in the UK, including exiled academics, members of the Association of Iranian Women, youth organizations, and the Iranian Lawyers’ Committee. Participants expressed support for the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and the PMOI, condemning the Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown on protesters.
Naked Fear at the Top: How Iran’s Ruling Elite Betrays Its Own Panic
From Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei’s call for accelerated repression to parliamentary warnings of a Syrian-style collapse, the regime’s language now reeks of desperation, not power. The Iranian regime is no longer even pretending to be confident. Its senior officials now speak the language of raw panic. What we are witnessing is not strength, decisiveness, or control—but naked fear. Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, the judiciary chief of the regime and one of Ali Khamenei’s most trusted executioners, has reached a point where even cosmetic cover-ups are abandoned. In a revealing statement on January 14, he openly argued for speed in repression, warning that if killings and crackdowns are delayed, they may lose their “effect.” His words were unmistakable: “If we want to do something, we must do it quickly… if it’s delayed, even doing the same thing two months later may no longer have any effect.”