"They Wait Months to Break Your Limbs": The Terrifying New Tactics of Iran’s Secret Police

In the quiet corners of Tehran’s prestigious universities, the conversation has shifted from academic achievements to the life and death struggle for a new future. Students identified as A, Sin, and Amir recently spoke about the systematic oppression they face as the Islamic Republic enters what many hope is its final chapter. These young protesters describe a campus environment where the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) wanders through classrooms with live weapons, bypassing laws that forbid military presence on campus by claiming they are protecting "martyr graves" installed on the grounds. What began as a strike over a shattered economy has evolved into a full-scale uprising against a regime that the students say is waging a violent war against its own youth.

Amir, a 25 year old mathematics student, explained that his decision to join the protests stems from years of cumulative frustration over the lack of personal freedom and the inability to provide for even the most basic human needs. He noted that the fear of investigation or suspension has been replaced by a realization that life under the current leadership is already a wasted existence. "The only thing that gives me courage is the feeling that my life is being wasted and that my situation worsens every moment under this rule," Amir said. He described scenes of students openly wearing the Lion and Sun symbol, a forbidden emblem of the former monarchy, and chanting radical slogans such as "Death to the dictator" and "Pahlavi is returning."

Sin, a computer science student, shared her deep fears that the international community might leave the Iranian people to face this fascist regime alone. She expressed a unique sense of hope derived from recent geopolitical shifts, specifically noting that the "12 Day War" between Israel and the regime’s proxies gave the protesters strength. "What gives me courage is the belief that Israel and Netanyahu will not leave us alone," she stated. Sin warned that the current relative quiet from security forces is deceptive, as the regime often records names during the heat of protests only to arrest and execute individuals months later when the world is no longer watching.

The student known as A added that the atmosphere in non governmental universities is equally oppressive, featuring advanced facial recognition and strange cameras monitoring every movement. He described a terrifying pattern where students "disappear" for months, only to return to campus with broken limbs as a warning to others. Despite this brutality, there is a prevailing sense of optimism that the current economic shock is the trigger the society needed to finally break free. These students are calling on the free people of the world not to mislabel their revolution as a mere protest against the cost of living, but to recognize it as a desperate, final fight for national liberation and peace.