A haunting image shows a pile of abandoned shoes after Iran’s bloodthirsty regime trapped surrendering protesters in a historic bazaar and burned them alive — in what is being likened to “Iran’s Holocaust.”
The picture, taken in the city of Rasht, northwest Iran, shows the aftermath of the massacre on Jan. 8, in which regime henchmen set fire to the popular marketplace, trapping demonstrators inside and opening fire on those who tried to escape, according to eyewitness accounts and human rights organizations.
“If this is not a crime against humanity, what is?” Arash Sigarchi, award-winning journalist, former Iranian political prisoner and Managing Editor of Voice of America’s Persian Division, said, sharing the image on X.
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