Getting rid of the Iranian ayatollahs is not like toppling a communist regime – Allah's Willing Executioners
The fact that in Western squares no one demonstrates for the heroic Iranians, but only for the cutthroats, does not bode well
Ali Montazeri, the successor designated by Khomeini, once said: “People in the world believe that the only activity practiced in Iran is killing.” The question now is whether the old man in the turban will have enough assassins to prevent the collapse of his theocracy.
Khamenei knows that small concessions lead to bigger concessions.
If protests grow and radicalize, Khamenei will tell his henchmen that preserving a theocracy, like winning a revolution, requires iron determination and bloodshed.
Mass executions in Iran began after June 20, 1981. Since then, the number of political executions is estimated at over 120,000. In 2025, according to Human Rights Watch, 1,500 people sentenced to death were executed in Iran-a record in more than 35 years. The July 1999 student uprising caused 7 deaths, 200 injuries, and 1,400 arrests. Capital executions then rose from 165…