538 Dead and Counting
The Regime is Finished: Senior Israeli Official Predicts the End of the Ayatollahs
Senior Israeli officials are now stating that the Iranian regime’s story is over, even as death tolls from the ongoing street war climb past 500 victims.
The wave of fury currently sweeping through the Islamic Republic of Iran has reached a point of no return, according to high ranking Israeli intelligence sources. While the regime has survived numerous uprisings in the past, the current combination of unbridled public rage and a total lack of economic hope has led observers to conclude that the government’s survival is no longer possible in the long term. A senior Israeli official recently commented that "the story of the Iranian regime is over," adding that while it may take time for the final collapse to occur, the country will never return to what it was before these protests ignited.
The human cost of this political shift is staggering. Human rights organizations, including HRANA, report that at least 538 people have been killed in the last two weeks of the war for the streets. This total includes 490 protesters and 48 members of the security forces who were killed during increasingly violent clashes. Despite a total internet blackout that has lasted more than 72 hours, footage continues to leak out showing hospital hallways lined with body bags and rows of victims laid side by side as their families weep over them. More than 10,600 people have been detained, with many being taken to unknown locations as the state attempts to decapitate the leaderless movement through mass arrests.
In a desperate bid to regain control of the narrative, the Iranian government has declared three days of national mourning. However, instead of honoring the citizens killed by security forces, the state is framing these days as a tribute to "martyrs of the resistance against America and the Zionist entity." This attempt to blame the war on foreign interference has done little to calm the streets of Tehran, where protesters have been seen overpowering security officers and seizing their weapons. As the protests enter their third week, the "endurance game" continues, with the opposition attempting to maintain pressure until key regime figures begin to defect or flee the country.