{"id":346463,"date":"2026-07-08T17:52:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=346463"},"modified":"2026-07-08T17:52:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:52:52","slug":"ali-khameneis-blood-soaked-ledger-thirty-six-years-of-massacre-will-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ali-khameneis-blood-soaked-ledger-thirty-six-years-of-massacre-will-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Ali Khamenei’s Blood-Soaked Ledger: Thirty-Six Years of Massacre Will End\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A portrait of the Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader burns amid open flames<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Three-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

When Ali Khamenei assumed the title of Supreme Leader in June 1989, the prisons were still wet with the blood of the 1988\u00a0massacre<\/a>\u2014a\u00a0slaughter he had helped\u00a0orchestrate\u00a0but whose ledger was charged to his predecessor. From that day forward, every bullet fired into a crowd, every gallows rope tightened in the pre-dawn dark, and every body bag displayed on social media has carried his signature alone. The chronology that follows is not an abstraction. It is\u00a0an indictment\u00a0backed by Amnesty International case files,\u00a0Reuters\u00a0intelligence sources, and the screams of mothers who were never allowed to mourn.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The pattern began early. In 1992, residents of Mashhad’s Kooy-e\u00a0Tollab<\/a>\u00a0district rose against economic ruin. The Revolutionary Guards restored “order” with live ammunition. Two years later, Qazvin erupted over redistricting, pivoting instantly to anti-regime fury where citizens disarmed security forces. In 1995,\u00a0Eslamshahr\u00a0exploded over bus fares and water shortages; army helicopters were deployed against unarmed civilians.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These were local tremors. The earthquakes came later.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 1999 university dormitory raid in Tehran spread to multiple cities. The 2009 post-election uprising<\/a> tore the regime’s own political fabric, leaving untold numbers tortured in\u00a0Kahrizak. Yet even 2009 was a rehearsal.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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"On the morning of February 28, as events moved toward their decisive rupture, #Khamenei<\/a> and his inner circle gathered not in retreat, but in confidence\u2014reviewing what they regarded as a successful suppression of the January uprising and deliberating how best to confront the\u2026<\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) March 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n