"The Slaughter Never Ends": Iranian Dissidents Reveal Chilling Tactics of Regime’s Night Raids
"Nothing here is normal." Iranian dissidents reveal the horrific reality of the 2026 crackdown: midnight executions in Shiraz, protesters hunted by IRGC drones at sea, and truckloads of bodies arriving at Kahrizak.
As the world watches from afar, a harrowing picture of the reality inside Iran is emerging from eyewitnesses and opposition activists. Based on recent calls with families trapped inside the Islamic Republic, dissidents describe a nation transformed into a hunting ground, where ordinary citizens, students, athletes, and doctors, are being hunted across cities, seas, and mountains.
Reports from Tehran’s Punak district (Chardivari) detail a terrifying escalation in neighborhood sweeps. Two nights ago, gunfire echoed through the streets as regime forces hunted wounded protesters who had sought refuge in friends' homes. "If there is a pursuit, they fire directly at defenseless civilians," one activist reported.
The brutality has reached new heights in Shiraz. In the Vassal district, during a midnight raid on a protester's home, security forces reportedly threw the man out of a window, killing him instantly in front of his neighbors.
In Southern Iran, the desperation has forced protesters into the Persian Gulf. Fugitives are reportedly hiding on fishing boats desperately trying to evade the constant buzz of IRGC drones and patrol boats circling the waters in a relentless search-and-destroy mission.
Meanwhile, in the provinces of Kurdistan, Mazandaran, Golestan, and West Azerbaijan, entire groups of civilians have fled their homes to live in the rugged mountains. "These are not guerrilla fighters; they are normal people," the source emphasized. "Students, athletes, even doctors. This is not a normal situation. Nothing here is normal."
Perhaps the most grisly evidence of the crackdown’s scale is the continuous movement of heavy vehicles toward the Kahrizak identification center south of Tehran. Witnesses report seeing a steady stream of trucks transporting new bodies to the facility daily.
"Anyone who passed the area could see it," the activist noted. "The massacre has not stopped, and even worse, they are continuing to carry out executions in every possible location."