Mick Hartley

🔴 Najafabad, Isfahan tonight. The dead are remembered from the January protests at the hands of the regime, who even now continue to shoot and kill where ever there is a gathering.

In Iranian culture the 40th day after a death is a solemn threshold. Families & friends gather… pic.twitter.com/qJlak7Jv9D

— Omid Djalili (@omid9) February 18, 2026

In Iranian culture the 40th day after a death is a solemn threshold. Families & friends gather at graves in a ritual of grief, both private and communal.

As in the 2nd video, they continue to chant slogans: “your canons, tanks, and machine guns no longer have an effect, tell my mother that she no longer has a son.”

In light of the tens of thousands exterminated, what we are seeing here is off the scale fearlessness.

In the past, the regime have crushed dissent during this early stage of grief after regime murders in uprisings. People’s anger eventually turns into immense sadness and depression.

But now, the people are showing the world how anger can eventually turn into unprecedented levels of courage and determination. Why this time it’s different.

Amazing to me the world is, by and large, completely blind to this incredible and inspiring story of revolution. It deserves to be on the front pages. Every day.