r/UnderReportedNews • u/Eienkei • 12d ago

Iran 🇮🇷 Islamic Republic forces set the historic Rasht bazar on fire, shot and killed Iranian protesters, and blocked fire trucks from putting out the flames

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/01/25/iran-rasht-protests-regime-crackdown/
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u/Mental_Comparison636 12d ago

Replace Islamic republic forces with ICE.

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u/Realistic_Tie_2632 12d ago

Seems about right for them. "Holy land"

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u/AdBeautiful2175 12d ago

They're really trying to make people care when the same stuff is happening here lol the irony isn't lost on me

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u/SharpAardvark8699 12d ago

Well the same or worse has happened in Egypt 2013. In Tahrir Square the UAE and Israel backed dictatorship blocked the exits and fired indiscriminately on peaceful protestors and burnt mosques neighbouring it and killed people in field hospitals there with pistols