The Betrayal of Iran's People
The world has not reckoned with the violence visited on Iranians by their government in 2026.
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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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