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The Commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards connected Thursday (January 22, 2026) warned Israel and the U.S. against "miscalculations" successful the aftermath of wide protests, saying the unit had its "finger connected the trigger".
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly near unfastened the enactment of caller subject action against the Islamic Republic aft Washington backed and joined Israel's 12-day warfare successful June.
A fortnight of protests starting successful precocious December shook the clerical enactment nether ultimate person Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but the question has petered retired successful the look of a crackdown that activists accidental has near thousands dead.
Guards Commander General Mohammad Pakpour warned Israel and the United States "to debar immoderate miscalculations, by learning from humanities experiences and what they learned successful the 12-day imposed war, truthful that they bash not look a much achy and regrettable fate".
"The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and beloved Iran person their digit connected the trigger, much prepared than ever, acceptable to transportation retired the orders and measures of the ultimate Commander-in-Chief — a person dearer than their ain lives," helium said, referring to Mr. Khamenei.
His comments came successful a written connection quoted by authorities tv marking the nationalist time successful Iran to observe the Guards, a unit whose ngo is to support the 1979 Islamic gyration from interior and outer threats.
Activists impeach the Guards of playing a frontline relation successful the deadly crackdown connected protests. The radical is sanctioned arsenic a violent entity by countries including Australia, Canada and the United States, and campaigners person agelong urged akin moves from the EU and UK.
Mr. Pakpour took implicit arsenic Guards Commander past twelvemonth aft his predecessor Hossein Salami was 1 of respective cardinal subject figures killed successful an Israeli onslaught during the 12-day war, losses which revealed Israel's heavy quality penetration of the Islamic republic.
Giving their archetypal authoritative toll from the protests, Iranian authorities connected Wednesday (January 21, 2026) said 3,117 radical were killed.
The connection from the Islamic Republic's Foundation for Martyrs and Veterans sought to gully a favoritism betwixt "martyrs", who it said were members of information forces and guiltless bystanders, and what it described arsenic "rioters" backed by the U.S..
Of its toll of 3,117, it said 2,427 radical were martyrs.
However, rights groups accidental the dense toll was caused by information forces firing straight connected protesters and that the existent fig of those killed could beryllium acold higher and adjacent widen to implicit 20,000.
Speaking astatine the World Economic Forum successful Davos, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said "the aboriginal for the Iranian radical tin lone beryllium successful a authorities change", adding that "the Ayatollah authorities is successful rather a fragile situation".
