{"id":341838,"date":"2026-01-24T08:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T07:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=341838"},"modified":"2026-01-24T18:19:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T17:19:49","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-24-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-january-24-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 January 24, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UPDATE: 06:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran’s Dead Have Been Erased and the Silence Is a Moral Disgrace<\/h3>\n

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While the world\u2019s cameras swivel obediently from one geopolitical spectacle to the next, the blood on Iran\u2019s streets has barely dried and already it has been forgotten. Donald Trump\u2019s fixation on Greenland, his self-appointed \u201cBoard of Peace\u201d for Gaza, and his pledge to end the war in Ukraine have consumed the international media cycle. Meanwhile, in Iran, thousands of unarmed protesters have been slaughtered, tens of thousands dragged into prisons, and many now face imminent execution after sham trials that would shame the darkest dictatorships of the 20th century. Yet there are no rolling headlines, no mass demonstrations, no anguished moral outrage.<\/p>\n

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Iran Protest Death Toll Seen Rising to Many Thousands<\/h3>\n

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The number of people reported killed in Iran\u2019s protest crackdown has surged as rights groups continue to verify suspected fatalities, with one United Nations special rapporteur saying the total could be more than 20,000.<\/p>\n

The US-based Human Rights Activist News Agency said it\u2019s verified 5,002 deaths during the unrest that erupted in late December. The group is reviewing a further 9,787, while more than 26,000 people have been arrested, it said.<\/p>\n

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Day 27 Of Iran Uprising: Massacre Reported in Kermanshah; Rasht in \u2018War Zone\u2019 Conditions<\/h3>\n

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The nationwide uprising against the religious dictatorship in Iran has reached its twenty-seventh day on Friday, January 23, 2026. Reports smuggled out from behind the regime\u2019s digital iron curtain reveal harrowing atrocities. While the brave people of Zahedan faced a heavy military siege around the Makki Mosque, shocking details emerged of a massacre in Kermanshah and urban warfare in Rasht. Day 27 Roundup: Atrocities in Kermanshah stadium, siege in Zahedan, and IRGC admits to \u201cLightning Operation\u201d. On Friday, January 23, 2026, the regime\u2019s brutality reached new lows with reports of mass killings and organ harvesting, while the international community continued to isolate the mullahs.<\/p>\n

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Video Reveals Women and Girls Shot in the Head and Heart in Iran<\/h3>\n

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According to shocking reports that have leaked out of Iran, the deliberate targeting of women and girls protesting in the streets, aiming directly at their heads and hearts, has emerged as one of the most horrifying dimensions of the regime\u2019s organized crackdown on recent demonstrations. A verified video shows at least ten women and girls lying on the ground in a single scene, struck by fatal gunshots to the head, eyes, and heart. The footage captures the lifeless or critically wounded bodies of women whose only \u201ccrime\u201d was their presence in the streets and their participation in protests. All the women visible in the video are unarmed, and there is no evidence of any armed confrontation on their part.<\/p>\n

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Iranian Resistance Supporters Rally in Strasbourg as EU Parliament Backs Nationwide Uprising<\/h3>\n
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