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Iran’s streets have erupted in a way that should sober every freedom-loving American: hospitals in Tehran and Shiraz are reportedly overwhelmed with wounded protesters, many suffering horrific gunshot injuries, and medical staff say emergency wards have been put into crisis mode to handle the influx. These are not isolated scuffles — medics on the ground who managed to reach international outlets describe patients being brought in by the dozens and surgeries postponed to cope with the flood of casualties.
A Tehran doctor told Time magazine that at least 217 protesters were recorded dead in just six hospitals in the capital — a staggering, gut-wrenching figure that, if accurate, proves the regime has moved from suppression to slaughter. The anonymous testimony says most of the victims were shot with live ammunition, a chilling echo of past crackdowns where the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps showed no restraint.
We must also note the Iranian regime’s familiar playbook: a near-total internet shutdown, widespread arrests, and a blackout meant to hide the truth from the world while bodies are quietly removed and records are scrubbed. Human-rights monitors and local reporting point to thousands detained and a rapidly growing list of dead even while state media blames “foreign agents” for stirring unrest.
Worse, there are credible reports that security forces have targeted hospitals themselves — raiding wards, attempting to seize injured protesters, and using tear gas inside medical facilities — behavior so barbaric it strips the regime of any pretense of legitimacy. When hospitals become battlefields and healers are threatened, you are no longer witnessing law enforcement, you are watching a regime erase its victims.
President Trump’s blunt warning that “you better not start shooting because we’ll start shooting too” is the kind of clear-sighted deterrence the world needs right now; vague condemnations and milquetoast statements only embolden tyrants who count on Western timidity. The president’s promise to “hit them very hard where it hurts,” short of boots on the ground, sends a necessary signal that America still stands for human dignity and will not watch another massacre unfold without consequences.
Conservatives should be unequivocal: our sympathy is with the brave Iranians who are risking everything for liberty, not with the ayatollahs who have bankrupted their country while stealing the future of a new generation. We must support measures that protect protesters and hold the regime accountable — targeted sanctions, intelligence sharing with dissidents, and diplomatic pressure must be pursued relentlessly until the bloodshed stops.
Now is the time for Americans to stand tall and speak plainly in defense of freedom. If we turn away while hospitals are overflowing with young Iranians gunned down for daring to demand bread and dignity, we forfeit our moral leadership; if we act decisively, we honor our principles and the brave souls who have taken to the streets against tyranny.
