Iran Protest Massacre: Rapper Blames Foreign Fighters Amid Thousands Killed
Rapper Meraj Tehrani describes a ‘massacre’ in Iran, citing foreign militia and Revolutionary Guard involvement after the Supreme Leader admits thousands were killed.
In a 17 January 2026 Sky News interview, Iranian rapper Meraj Tehrani—who returned to Iran in early January amid escalating protests—described a street massacre on 9 January, saying Revolutionary Guard troops and Iraqi-based Popular Mobilisation Forces carried out random machine‑gun fire. He claimed bodies were left on streets as a warning. The U.S.–based Human Rights Activists News Agency reported 3,090 deaths, 2,885 protesters, since the uprising began. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei admitted “several thousand people” had died, while Trump had earlier expressed support for the demonstrators. Tehrani, based in the UK, urges the EU, including Keir Starmer, to intervene amid Iranian claims of foreign incitement.
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