In Rare Messages from Iran, Protesters ask West for Help, Speak of ‘Very High’ Death Toll
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Category: PERSECUTION OF GOD’S PEOPLE
Summary:
Iranian protesters, communicating through a nationwide internet blackout, have appealed to Western media for support amid a harsh government crackdown. Protesters in Tehran reported witnessing snipers positioned in neighborhoods and described seeing hundreds of bodies, with security forces reportedly using live ammunition leading to a "very high" number of deaths. A Tehran doctor cited by TIME magazine stated that at least 217 protesters were killed in six capital hospitals, mostly from live gunfire. Setare Ghorbani, a French-Iranian national, shared a last message from a friend in Iran describing government agents forcibly detaining people before contact was lost.
Mysterion Insights
Scripture: Psalm 10:8-10
"He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the hiding places he kills the innocent; His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate. He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair; He lurks to catch the afflicted; He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net. He crouches, he bows down, And the unfortunate fall by his mighty ones."
Commentary:
When government forces use deadly violence against their own people, the suffering caused is immediate and personal—families lose loved ones, and fear spreads. Images of snipers and desperate messages are very real to anyone following events from afar. Scripture vividly describes those who hide with intent to harm the innocent; it is not a distant reality, but something unfolding in places like Tehran today. Patterns of oppression and violent suppression like this are described in biblical prophecy as markers of escalating end-time pressure.
Prophetic Trend:
Crackdown and suppression in Iran reflect a prophetic increase in hostility toward dissent and the afflicted, aligning with end-time patterns of persecution.
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Source Excerpt:
Protests in Tehran. Photo: Iran Photo from social media used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law, via i24 News i24 News – Speaking to Western media from beyond the nationwide internet blackout imposed by the Islamic regime, Iranian protesters said they needed support amid a brutal crackdown. “We’re standing up for a revolution, but we need help. Snipers have been stationed behind the Tajrish Arg area [a neighborhood in Tehran],” said a protester in Tehran speaking to the Guardian on the condition of anonymity. He added that “We saw hundreds of bodies.” Another activist in Tehran spoke of witnessing security forces firing live ammunition at protesters resulting in a “very high” number killed. On Friday, TIME magazine cited a Tehran doctor speaking on condition of anonymity that just six hospitals in the capital recorded at least 217 killed protesters, “most by live ammunition.” Speaking to Reuters on Saturday, Setare Ghorbani, a French-Iranian national living in the suburbs of Paris, said that she became ill from worry for her friends inside Iran. She read out one of her friends’ last messages before losing contact: “I saw two government agents and they grabbed people...
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Source: Algemeiner
Posted on 01-10-2026 13:49