FLASH UPDATE: Our friend former CIA operator Sam Faddis reports the death toll of protestors murdered in Iran is more like 12,000, not a few hundred https://andmagazine.substack.com/p/12000-dead-in-iran
The threshold that President Donald Trump set for intervening to prevent mass civilian deaths in Iran has been apparently crossed many times over. Since January 8, 2026, Islamic security forces have reportedly shot and killed hundreds, and more likely thousands, of protesters. Millions of Iranians have continued to take extraordinary risks by remaining in the streets, facing live ammunition, cold, and rain. The question is how long they can endure without outside intervention?
