VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-20
“feel stuck between the two blades of a scissors, the evil regime that imprisons and tortures [you] and a foreign force dropping bombs on [your] heads in the name of freedom”
Iranian political prisoners · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
The letter cites this as words voiced by Iranian political prisoners describing being caught between domestic repression and foreign military attacks.
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