The Betrayal of Iran's People
The Iranian government has been accused of violently suppressing protests, resulting in the deaths of many civilians, including a 17-year-old boy named Sam Afshari. The government's security services have been implicated in the killings, and families of the victims have been subjected to extortion and intimidation. The international community has been criticized for not doing enough to hold the Iranian government accountable for its actions.
- ▪A 17-year-old boy named Sam Afshari was killed by Iran's security services during a protest in Karaj.
- ▪The Iranian government has been accused of massacring protesters on a historic scale in January and February 2026.
- ▪Families of the victims have been subjected to extortion and intimidation at morgues, where they have been forced to sign false testimony and pay for the bullets that killed their loved ones.
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GlobalThe Betrayal of Iran's PeopleThe world has not reckoned with the violence visited on Iranians by their government in 2026.By Laura SecorAaron Schwartz / Bloomberg / GettyJune 16, 2026, 10:40 AM ET ShareSave On the night of January 8, in the low-slung, industrial city of Karaj, just northwest of Tehran, a 17-year-old boy named Sam Afshari was killed by Iran’s security services. He and his friends were peacefully protesting when the streetlights suddenly went dark. Witnesses saw members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Basij militia on the beds of trucks charge up behind demonstrators, firing .50-caliber machine guns indiscriminately into the crowd. Sam was shot in the back, just below his kidneys, and brought to a hospital alive for surgery.
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