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Iran’s supreme leader has finally admitted what many around the world suspected: the brutal crackdown on nationwide protests cost “several thousand” lives, a rare and damning acknowledgement from the ayatollah that exposes the moral rot at the heart of Tehran’s regime. This admission is a damning rebuke to any American politician still inclined to treat the mullahs as respectable partners; theocrats who slaughter their own people do not deserve negotiating chips or leniency.
Instead of contrition, Khamenei doubled down — blaming the United States and Israel for the unrest while openly threatening punishment, including death, for demonstrators the regime labels “mohareb.” Those aren’t the words of a leader interested in reform or stability; they’re the chilling script of a government intent on crushing dissent with impunity, and anyone who pretends otherwise is living in a fool’s paradise.
Senator Markwayne Mullin told Hannity the ayatollah’s bombast “means nothing,” and he’s right to call it out. Mullin went further, bluntly warning that Iran’s military posture is hollow — that the United States could bypass Iranian air defenses and that Tehran simply has no credible conventional army to back up its threats — the kind of clear-eyed realism our leaders should be selling to the American people.
This is the moment for strength, not platitudes. Conservative lawmakers from across the Hill are rightly putting Iran on notice and demanding consequences for a regime that murders its citizens and exports terror abroad; the time for appeasement is over and the United States must restore deterrence and moral clarity.
Washington should stand unequivocally with the brave Iranians in the streets — supporting information flows, targeted sanctions, and pressure on Tehran’s proxies — while keeping military options visible and credible so the ayatollah understands there is a real price for mass murder. We owe the Iranian people more than whispers of sympathy; we owe them decisive American leadership that separates words from actions.
Patriots know that freedom doesn’t come from soft talk or moral equivalence; it comes from courage and resolve. Senator Mullin’s straight-shooting on Hannity is the sort of leadership Americans deserve: call out the tyrants, back the brave, and never confuse bluster for power.
