伊朗威胁将继续大规模处决在镇压全国反抗专制政权起义期间被捕的抗议者，并警告美国，部署军队将引发“全面战争”。
伊朗官员称，至少有5000名示威者因公开反对统治该国近50年的威权统治而在街头被屠杀。
最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊将这些死亡事件归咎于与美国和以色列有关联的“恐怖分子和暴徒”。伊朗司法部门周日表示，这些行为构成“穆哈雷布”，这是一个伊斯兰教术语，意为与真主为敌，可判处死刑。
伊朗司法部门发言人阿斯加尔·贾汉吉尔在新闻发布会上表示：“一系列行为已被认定为穆哈雷布，这是伊斯兰教最严厉的刑罚之一。”
就在特朗普总统在真相社交网站上感谢伊朗伊斯兰共和国领导层取消对800多名即将被送上绞刑架的人处决几天后，伊朗再次发出武力威胁。
其中包括26岁的抗议者埃尔凡·索尔塔尼，他于1月8日被捕，在被带走处决前，只有10分钟的时间与家人告别。
索尔塔尼的家人和人权组织已证实他仍然活着，并且身体健康。
特朗普誓言，如果伊朗政权杀害示威者，他将进行军事干预，并已向该地区派遣了包括航空母舰在内的美国军事力量。但他尚未公布进一步计划的细节。
伊朗总统马苏德·佩泽什基安周日在社交媒体上发文警告说，伊朗对“任何不公正的侵略”的回应都将是严厉且令人遗憾的，并补充说，对哈梅内伊的攻击将被视为“对伊朗的全面战争”。
特朗普曾表示，伊朗暂停处决的决定在他决定暂缓采取军事行动的过程中发挥了决定性作用。
据总部位于美国的“伊朗人权活动人士”组织称，自12月28日伊朗爆发大规模示威活动以来，已有约24000人被捕。当时，商户们聚集在德黑兰大巴扎，抗议伊朗货币里亚尔暴跌带来的经济困境。
骚乱迅速蔓延至全国31个省份，引发大规模抗议，而伊朗政权则以暴力镇压予以回应。
这是自2022年以来伊朗规模最大的民众骚乱。2022年，22岁的玛莎·阿米尼因被指控佩戴头巾不当而在警方拘留期间死亡，引发了愤怒的民众走上街头。
《星期日泰晤士报》发布的一份令人震惊的新报告称，人权组织公布的死亡人数严重低估了实际数字，接近16500人，另有33万至36万人受伤。
这些令人不安的数据来自八家主要医院和16个急诊科，显示死亡人数在16500至18000人之间，其中大多数受害者据信年龄在30岁以下。
伊朗裔德国眼科医生阿米尔·帕拉斯特教授在接受该报采访时表示，示威活动中出现的暴力事件代表了该政权“前所未有的残暴”。
“（2022年）他们使用橡皮子弹和霰弹枪打瞎眼睛。这次他们使用的是军用级武器，我们看到的是头部、颈部和胸部的枪伤和弹片伤，”他继续说道。
据报道，至少有1000人失明，德黑兰一家医院报告称，眼部受伤人数高达7000人。
1月8日，当局实施了近乎全面的互联网封锁，此举被广泛认为是为了掩盖屠杀真相，并阻止骇人的暴力画面传播到伊朗境外。
尽管网络被切断，但仍有令人震惊的画面流出：停尸房内外堆积着成排的尸体，悲痛欲绝的家属在政权安全部队的威胁和恐吓下，疯狂地寻找失踪的亲人。
据报道，政府目前正计划进一步加强对进出该国信息的控制，永久切断公民与全球互联网的连接，转而使用国家控制的网络系统。
Iran is threatening to continue mass executions of protesters arrested during its brutal crackdown on a nationwide uprising against the despotic regime, and warned the US that deploying forces would unleash “all-out war.”
Iranian officials say at least 5,000 demonstrators have been slaughtered in the streets for speaking out against the authoritarian rule that has gripped the country for nearly 50 years.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blamed the deaths on US- and Israel-linked “terrorists and rioters,” actions which Iran’s judiciary said on Sunday constitute “Mohareb,” an Islamic term meaning to wage war on God which carries the death penalty.
“A series of actions have been identified as Mohareb, which is among the most severe Islamic punishments,” Asghar Jahangir, a spokesman for Iran’s judiciary, said at a press conference.
The renewed saber-rattling comes just days after President Trump thanked the Islamic republic’s leadership on Truth Social for canceling the executions of over 800 people headed for the gallows.
Among them was protester Erfan Soltani, 26, who was arrested Jan. 8 and given just 10 minutes to say goodbye to his family before being taken away for execution.
Soltani has since been confirmed alive and in good physical health by his family and human rights groups.
Trump vowed to intervene militarily if the regime killed demonstrators, and has sent US military assets, including an aircraft carrier, to the region. But he has yet to announce details on further plans.
Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian warned in a social media post Sunday that its response “to any unjust aggression will be harsh and regrettable,” adding that an attack on Khamenei would be considered “tantamount to an all-out war against the nation.”
Trump had said that Iran’s decision to halt the executions played a decisive role in his decision to hold off on military action.
Some 24,000 people have been arrested in the mass demonstrations, according to the US-based agency Human Rights Activists in Iran, which began Dec. 28 when shopkeepers rallied in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar over economic hardships resulting from the collapse of Iran’s currency, the rial.
The unrest quickly grew into widespread protests across all 31 provinces, which the repressive regime responded to with a violent crackdown.
It’s the largest civil unrest in the country since 2022, when enraged citizens took to the streets following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody for allegedly improperly wearing a hijab.
A shocking new report by the Sunday Times says the death toll cited by human rights groups is woefully undercounted, putting the figure closer to 16,500, with another 330,000 to 360,000 injured.
The disturbing figures, compiled from eight major hospitals and 16 emergency departments, revealed between 16,500 and 18,000 people have been killed, with most victims believed to be younger than 30.
Professor Amir Parasta, an Iranian-German eye surgeon who spoke to the outlet, said the violence seen during the demonstrations represents “a whole new level of brutality” by the regime.
“[In 2022] they were using rubber bullets and pellet guns taking out eyes. This time they are using military-grade weapons and what we are seeing are gunshot and shrapnel wounds in the head, neck and chest,” he continued.
At least 1,000 people have lost an eye, with one Tehran hospital reporting 7,000 eye injuries, according to the outlet.
On Jan. 8, authorities imposed a near-total internet blackout in a move widely seen as an effort to hide the massacre and prevent horrendous images of violence from spreading outside Iran’s borders.
Despite the shutdown, horrifying footage emerged showing rows of bodies piled up in and near morgues as devastated families frantically searched for their missing loved ones while facing threats and intimidation by the regime’s security forces.
The government is now reportedly looking to further tighten its grip on the information flowing into and out of the country by permanently disconnecting its citizens from the global internet in favor of a state-run system.