”Safe and secure” huh? Where did I hear that before?

38 dead already

Iran 'EXPOSES' Israel, U.S. Role In Nationwide Unrest? 'Won't Spare Rioters If They Don't Retreat'

Iran is facing one of its most widespread waves of unrest in years as protests sparked by economic hardship and inflation have spread across major cities and provinces, prompting a harsh response from security forces and rising casualties. The country’s top judge warned demonstrators there will be “no leniency” for those seen as aiding foreign enemies like the United States and Israel, framing the unrest as a threat to national stability. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has also vowed not to yield, even as rights groups report dozens of deaths and thousands of arrests amid strikes, bazaar closures and anti-government chants. The demonstrations highlight deepening frustration with Iran’s economy and governance, even as the government intensifies efforts to suppress dissent and block foreign influence.


Since late December

Mossad X account in Farsi urges Iranians to protest as unrest sweeps the country

https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/artc-mossad-x-account-in-farsi-urges-iranians-to-protest-as-unrest-sweeps-the-country

The protests erupted following a sharp plunge in the value of the Iranian rial, which on Sunday hit a record low of approximately 1,445,000 rials to the U.S. dollar, compared with about 862,000 a year ago.

Iranian media outlets aligned with the regime sought to downplay the unrest. The Tasnim news agency claimed that “anti-Iranian media and foreign security organizations,” acting through internal agents, were exploiting the protests to fuel instability.

Against this backdrop, an unusual message appeared on a Farsi-language social media account associated with Israel’s Mossad. The post urged Iranians to take to the streets and suggested direct solidarity with demonstrators.

با هم به خیابان ها بیایید. وقتش رسیده. 
ما همراه شما هستیم. نه تنها از راه دور و شفاهی. در میدان نیز همراهتان هستیم.

— Mossad Farsi (@MossadSpokesman) December 29, 2025

As Iran's exiled crown prince calls for Iranians to seize protest momentum, could it be a tipping point?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-protests-possible-tipping-point-crown-prince-pahlavi-calls-for-mass-chant/

Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, the son of the former U.S.-backed shah, has called for Iranians to chant together against the country's leadership at 8 p.m. local time (noon Eastern) on Thursday and Friday. Whether a significant number of people answer his call could determine whether deadly, 12-day-old protests fizzle out as previous rounds of unrest have, or grow into a major challenge to the government, and provoke a possible wider crackdown.

Mossad hunting for blood in Iran's protests

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/522589/Mossad-hunting-for-blood-in-Iran-s-protests 

In their reporting, these Western outlets make no mention of how the lifting of sanctions would drastically improve the lives of Iranian citizens; instead, they focus on how the unrest might facilitate the overthrow of the Islamic Republic. They similarly fail to mention that armed individuals have infiltrated the demonstrations—elements that have brutally killed security forces, targeted citizens who opposed them, destroyed public property, and looted the very private businesses that initiated the protests out of a struggle for survival.

These reports rely on a familiar theme that previously inflamed the 2022 Iranian protests. Those demonstrations, which initially concerned the morality police (a body that has since been dismantled), rapidly devolved into deadly and violent riots after Western media spread the lie that a woman arrested by the unit had been killed after an assault. That woman, Mahsa Amini, actually collapsed while at the police station. Footage released by the station following her death showed her walking toward a female officer, speaking to her, and then passing out after the officer moved away. In a leaked phone call recorded when the unrest had yet to begin, Amini’s brother can be heard telling their mother that she had fainted “again.” Furthermore, a video published by the judiciary showed Amini’s father confirming to a prosecutor investigating the matter at her bedside that neither he nor the medical staff could find any sign of physical assault on her body. Amini passed away several days after her collapse; her cause of death was determined to be a long-standing medical issue for which she had previously undergone brain surgery. Though medical experts appeared on Western-based, Persian-language channels to claim her leaked brain scans showed head injuries, they admitted years later that they had lied “to protect the uprising” and that no such injuries were visible.

Who to believe, I don't know. Seems like some half truths mixed with cover-ups and disinformation. But that's the news cycle in Iran...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/iran-is-responsible-for-the-physical-violence-that-killed-mahsa-amini-in-2022-un-probe-finds

Iran is responsible for the "physical violence" that led to the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 and sparked nationwide protests against the country's mandatory headscarf, or hijab, laws and its ruling theocracy, a U.N. fact-finding mission said Friday.

The stark pronouncement came in a wide-ranging initial report submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council by the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran that concluded Tehran has committed "crimes against humanity" through its actions. It also found that the Islamic Republic employed "unnecessary and disproportionate use of lethal force" to put down the demonstrations that erupted following Amini's death, and that Iranian security forces sexually assaulted detainees.

The months long security crackdown killed more than 500 people and saw over 22,000 detained.



What is true is that the (visible) morality police is gone, however

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202510226264

From street vans to soft surveillance

The morality police of the 2000s were visible, violent and crude. The new version is quieter but no less insidious. The loud green vans are gone, as are the street scuffles and viral videos of women being dragged away. In their place stands a bureaucratic apparatus: text warnings, sealed storefronts, administrative summonses and digital dossiers.

Three years after the death of Mahsa Amini, the state has returned to where it began—only this time, it wears a digital mask. The danger is deeper because it is diffuse.

But society has moved on. The question is no longer just about the veil; it is about the freedom to choose one’s own life. The morality police are no longer merely an institution; they are a symbol of a larger confrontation—the logic of control versus the logic of choice.

One seeks to recreate a past that no longer exists. (The parallels with MAGA and ICE are strong here...) The other insists on claiming a future that has already begun.

In that struggle, victory will not belong to those with the greater machinery of repression, but to those who still possess the will to live free.

Last time nothing came of it (apart from disbanding the Hijab police), yet 500 people dead. Reform has to come from within, outside influence never turns out well. But no doubt Israel will soon take aim at the Iranian leadership again, dragging Trump along into another war with Iran. Which will only have the effect of people rallying behind the regime like what's happening in Venezuela.

In the end it's the sanctions creating the economic hardship that started the protests.

Trump says if Iran "kills peaceful protesters," the U.S. will "come to their rescue"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-iran-protests-us-will-come-to-their-rescue/

Mr. Trump offered no further comment on Iran or how the U.S. might intervene to protect protesters in the country in the post on his Truth Social network, which was published just before 3 a.m. Eastern, but he said: "We are locked and loaded and ready to go."

Clashes Erupt in Minneapolis as Protesters Scuffle With ICE After Fatal Shooting of Woman

Tensions exploded in Minneapolis as protesters clashed with law enforcement and federal agents a day after a U.S. immigration agent fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. Demonstrators confronted Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside the Whipple Federal Building, condemning aggressive enforcement under President Donald Trump as arrests and scuffles intensified public outrage. For more details, watch our story and subscribe to our channel, DRM News.

LIVE PROTEST AFTER ICE KILLS Renee Nicole Good | LIVE FROM MINNEAPOLIS

Feds deploy chemicals on protesters in Minneapolis outside federal building

WCCO's Beret Leone is at the scene of a massive protest Thursday morning outside the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, as protesters face off against federal agents following the killing of Renee Good.

Trump doubles down on defending federal agent who killed Minneapolis woman as more ICE protests planned across US – live

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/08/minneapolis-shooting-ice-minnesota-protests-vigils-donald-trump-latest-news-updates

Donald Trump repeated his claims that the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Macklin Good acted in self-defense; DHS secretary Kristi Noem expected to speak in New York

Democratic Congresswoman Announces Impeachment Effort Against Kristi Noem

https://www.notus.org/congress/democrat-robin-kelly-impeachment-kristi-noem-dhs-homeland-security

Democratic Rep. Robin Kelly announced on Wednesday plans to introduce articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, following a deadly shooting involving immigration officers in Minneapolis earlier in the day.

“Secretary Kristi Noem is an incompetent leader, a disgrace to our democracy, and I am impeaching her for obstruction of justice, violation of public trust, and self-dealing,” Kelly said in a press release. “It’s one thing to be incompetent and dangerous, but it’s impeachable to break the rule of law. I told my constituents and Chicagoans that I would fight against Secretary Noem’s agenda. This is me fighting back.”

This is why I said the American people need to storm the White House to get rid of the old pedophile. The legal system has failed far too often, it's time for vigilante justice.