Iran’s workers and people in Iran urgently need global support
Support the oppressed people of Iran!
According to documented reports, in just two days—on the January 8–9), at least 12,000 protesters in Iran were gunned down by the criminal government of the Islamic Republic, unleashing a bloodbath. Some reports suggest the death toll is far higher.Tens of thousands more are imprisoned, and the regime’s judges have been ordered to prosecute them on charges of “moharebeh” (enmity against God), which carries the death penalty; their lives are therefore in grave danger. The Islamic regime shut down the internet and imposed media censorship, cutting off people’s communication with the outside world, and unleashed its armed mercenaries on the population to carry out ruthless killings and massacre.
In these critical circumstances, in which an unprecedented genocide and mass slaughter is underway in Iran, the bereaved and wounded people of Iran have a vital and urgent need for the broadest possible international support.
Western governments are now speaking of the illegitimacy of this criminal regime. But our message to governments today is this: words are not enough, Boycott the Islamic Republic! The leaders of this regime must be tried in international courts, for nearly half a century of crimes, killings, and genocide that they have perpetrated.
Free Them Now (FTN) calls on all labour unions and human rights organizations to urgently and actively come to the aid of the people of Iran. Strongly condemn the massacre of protesters in Iran. Defend a global boycott of the criminal Islamic regime and demand the prosecution of its leaders for crimes against humanity.
What is unfolding in Iran is a genocide and mass slaughter, that will be recorded in history as one of the worst genocides. Hesitation and delay in the face of such mass murder are unacceptable. Be the voice of Iran’s workers and people.
**Shahla Daneshfar, Free Them Now Spokesperson,
Kazem Nikkhohah, Head of Free Them Now’s International Relations,
[https://www.free-them-now.com/](https://www.free-them-now.com/)
13 January 2026