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Jina Amini was neither the first nor will she be the last. Another Iranian woman has been killed. Mojgan Hassanpour, a 46-year-old woman from Lahijan in Gilan Province, was attacked on the afternoon of Thursday, May 22, 2026, at Agha Seyyed Morteza Cemetery in the city. She had gone there with her 7-year-old nephew to visit the graves of her parents. She was shot five times at close range and killed. According to multiple human rights reports, an armed security agent in civilian clothes (plainclothes) or affiliated with the regime’s suppression forces confronted her under the pretext of hijab. Mojgan bravely replied, “What does my clothing have to do with you?” and began shouting. The officer’s gun initially jammed, so he left the scene, only to return a few minutes later and shoot her five times. Mojgan was rushed to the hospital in critical condition but died before surgery or during treatment. Mojgan was a former detainee from previous nationwide protests and was known as a courageous protesting woman. She actively visited the homes of families of those killed in Lahijan, offered them support, and stood with the bereaved. Many consider her a symbol of resistance by the women of Gilan against compulsory hijab and state repression. The Islamic Republic regime and its affiliated media have tried to conceal the truth by offering various fabricated narratives. However, the accounts from her relatives and local residents confirm that she was murdered for resisting compulsory hijab. #IranMassacre

They Took Erfan’s Life. The 36th Execution in Internet Silence… “I am Erfan Shakourzadeh, 29 years old, one of the few so-called “elites who refused to emigrate”. A few months before the 12-day war, I was arrested by IRGC Intelligence on the fabricated charges of espionage and collaboration with hostile countries. For eight and a half months, I was subjected to torture and solitary confinement and forced to make a false confession. Do not let another innocent life be lost in silence and obscurity.” This is the note published from prison by Erfan Shakourzadeh, a 29-year-old elite master’s student in Aerospace Engineering/Satellite Technology at Iran University of Science and Technology. He had ranked first in his master’s program and was a researcher specializing in satellite testing software, control systems, and satellite positioning. He was arrested in Bahman 1403 (February 2025) by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence on charges of “espionage and collaboration with hostile countries.” He was held for months in solitary confinement and endured severe torture and pressure to extract a forced confession. The Islamic Republic regime will not rest until it has taken the life of the last Iranian, unless it is destroyed first. We are all standing in the execution queue; it just wasn’t our turn today. #DigitalBlackoutIran #IranMassacre

🔇🔇🔇 Only a few hours remain until tomorrow’s dawn, and the news has just reached us: they are being taken for execution. Ehsan Hosseinipour, Matin Mohammadi, and Erfan Amiri… sentenced to death for “burning a mosque”! A building whose sanctity could never outweigh the precious lives of these young men, the very same building from whose rooftop they fired bullets into the hearts and faces of protesters. An accusation built on zero evidence and extracted through forced confessions. In utter desperation, with our breath held tight, we reach out in prayer, hoping our voices might reach someone, anyone, and these lives can still be saved. We asked for nothing more than life and freedom. In return, they are stealing our lives and our dreams with bullets, oppression, and the hangman’s noose. #IranMassacre

🩷💅🏻 Pink: A Display of Women’s Power or the Regime’s Foolish Propaganda? These days, Tehran is witnessing the presence of pro-government women in military exercises and parades organized by the Islamic Republic in the city’s central streets: pink military Jeeps equipped with heavy machine guns, pink-colored AK-47 rifles, pink Shahed-136 drones, and even pink display missiles. State media in Iran have portrayed these ceremonies as a symbol of “the active and powerful presence of women in defending the revolution and the homeland” and the “revolutionary Muslim woman.” The Islamic Republic’s propaganda machine, by employing this color, has tried to present a “modern and feminine” image of itself. The apparent goal is to convey the message that “women in Iran are not oppressed; they even participate in the military sphere and can be both feminine and combative.” However, this display is nothing more than a “pink mask on the face of a rigid ideology.” While women march in this parade carrying pink weapons, the laws and policies of the Islamic Republic remain discriminatory and restrictive toward women: -Compulsory hijab continues to be enforced rigorously, and violating it is met with fines, violence, and deprivation of social rights. -Civil laws regarding inheritance, divorce, child custody, women’s testimony in court, and polygamy place women in a subordinate position. -Women’s presence in actual combat roles is extremely limited and largely symbolic. -Women’s rights activists continue to face arrest, imprisonment, and heavy sentences, and demands for legal equality are often met with repression. And so on… The regime holds a superficial and instrumental understanding of “woman”: women are only considered “valuable” when they remain within the framework of the official ideology: hijab, loyalty to the Supreme Leader, and revolutionary symbolic motherhood or militancy. Any deviation from this framework, even a peaceful protest against compulsory hijab, is met with severe reaction. The “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement and other struggles by Iranian women and men in recent years have shown that a significant portion of Iranian women have genuine demands for legal equality and individual freedoms. In such circumstances, the pink parade is seen more as an attempt to co-opt feminine symbols and neutralize the voice of real protests than as genuine progress. For many Iranian women, whose daily lives are shaped by legal restrictions and social pressures, these visual displays are not only uninspiring but sometimes appear laughable or even humiliating. The Islamic Republic regime has repeatedly used propaganda tools to manage its international image. The “Daughters of Iran” (Daughters Who Sacrifice for Iran) parade with a pink theme is the latest example of this strategy, revealing a structural weakness in confronting the deep-seated demands of Iranian women’s society. In the end, these pink color schemes cannot change or conceal the legal and social realities that Iranian women live with every day. #DigitalBlackoutIran #IranMassacre

Where is Mohammad Parsa? Mohammad Parsa Golchin is a 19-year-old student of Persian Literature at the University of Tehran and the winner of a gold medal in Iran’s National Literature Olympiad. This brave and talented young man delivered a fearless critical speech on Student Day (December 7, 2025) at the University of Tehran, in the presence of Saeed Jalili. Without any tremor in his voice, he addressed Jalili and other government officials, saying: “You whose hands and every breath reek of blood… You who took the pure lives of Zhina, Nika, and Hadis… The voice of women will not die… You are the profiteers of sanctions and the looters of workers’ tables.” On the evening of Saturday, April 11, 2026, Mohammad Parsa Golchin was arrested in Mashhad while attending a friendly gathering with his former high school classmates and one of their former teachers. Dozens of armed agents raided the location, violently detaining everyone present. Some reports indicate severe beatings took place. While several of those arrested were gradually released, Golchin remains in custody. His condition and whereabouts are unknown. His family, including his sister, say that wherever they have inquired, they have been told, “No one by that name exists.” He is reportedly charged with “assembly and collusion against national security.” 🚨Be the voice of our brave student.🚨 #DigitalBlackoutIran #IranMassacre

A hundred days have passed… A hundred days since that fateful night when the forces of the Islamic Republic regime shot and killed Hamid Mahdavi, a young firefighter who, with heroic courage, was carrying the wounded on his shoulders through fire and bullets, risking everything to save others. They fired live rounds at him and stole his life. This massacre will remain etched forever in the collective memory of Iranians. You killed thousands… and turned millions into seekers of justice. We will never forgive. We will never forget. The lifeless body of Hamid Mahdavi January 8, Haft-Tir Boulevard, Mashhad #IranMassacre

Hamid had just begun his 39th year of life 🪽 Hamid Mahdavi, born in April 1986, was a professional firefighter with the Mashhad Fire Department. He was also an athlete and an international rugby referee. On social media, he shared humorous and everyday videos from his life. People remember him as a young, joyful man; a dedicated sportsman who was endlessly kind-hearted and always ready to help others. Wherever he went, the warm light of his heart would shine. On the evening of January 8, 2026, during the nationwide protests in Iran in Mashhad, Hamid was present on the streets of the city. He was actively helping injured protesters. A widely circulated video shows him carrying a wounded demonstrator on his shoulders and rushing him to safety amid heavy gunfire. He was killed by a direct shot to the throat (neck) fired by the Islamic Republic’s suppression forces. Hamid, our national hero, had just stepped into his 39th year and he will live forever in the historical memory of the Iranian people. #IranMassacre #IranRevolution2026

War against Iranians knows no ceasefire. Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei has instructed judges and prosecutors to expedite the cases of arrested protesters and issue verdicts without delay. Thousands of political prisoners detained solely for participating in the January protests are now at risk of execution. And this is on top of the countless Iranians who are thrown into prison and subjected to torture every hour on charges of “cooperating with the enemy government”, vague accusations that serve only as tools of rule through fear and intimidation, often without any credible evidence. The regime’s multi-layered war; security, economic, and social, against the Iranian people is nothing new. It did not begin yesterday, and it will not end with any ceasefire. #DigitalBlackoutIran #IranWar2026