Iran Threatens Death Penalty for Sharing Videos of Its Gruesome Massacres
After slaughtering over 30,000 citizens in just 48 hours, the Iranian regime has issued a chilling ultimatum: Record the carnage and face the gallows. With chemical weapons used on protesters and hospitals turned into execution chambers, Tehran is now criminalizing the truth to hide the deadliest massacre in its modern history.
Iranian state media has declared that sharing videos or footage of the recent massacres is now a criminal offense.
The recent announcement specifies that sending such material to foreign media outlets, like Iran International or Western networks, will be treated as "collaboration with hostile states."
This charge could result in penalties of up to 10 years in prison or even the death penalty.
The measure appears aimed at suppressing documentation of violent crackdowns on protests that erupted in early January 2026, amid economic unrest and calls for regime change.
Reports from inside Iran describe incidents including live fire on protesters, bodies held in morgues like Kahrizak, and demands for high fees to release remains.
The digital blackout has also limited information flow, but even with what we know so far, up to 30,000 Iranians were massacred by regime forces between 8-9 January 2026. Some were attacked by chemical weapons, some were shot by pellet guns or machine guns and others were executed while being treated for protest-related injuries in Iranian hospitals.
Human rights groups have drawn parallels to past atrocities, such as the 1988 mass executions, warning of ongoing impunity and potential for further violence.
The regime has also threatened to erase records of killed minors if families speak out.
Earlier statements from the regime had labeled sharing information with certain Persian-language channels abroad as "terrorism."
This development comes amid heightened regional tensions, U.S. surveillance drones near Iranian airspace, the USS carrier Abraham Lincoln either in or very close to the Arabian Sea and calls for international intervention.