Twisted Iran regime brutes refuse to hand over bodies of slain protesters unless relatives publicly back Ayatollah

HENCHMEN of Iran’s mullahs are refusing to hand over the bodies of slain protesters to relatives unless they issue statements backing the regime. Distraught families begging authorities to release at least 2,600 freedom fighters killed in 17 days of unrest have been given a stark choice, sources say. They have been ordered to pay a “bullet fee” of one billion Iranian Tomans - £5,950 - or publicly declare that their loved ones were killed by “terrorists”. Persian language TV channel Iran International also reported that government goons ordered families to bury their dead in the early hours - before 4am - to stop firing up further unrest. The sick crackdown was revealed as grisly video emerged which appeared to show protesters brutally beating a cornered member of the government’s feared Basij death squads. A man is shown being knocked to the ground and beaten with a street sign as the mob vents its fury after days of bloodletting. read more in world news US forces were evacuated from a Middle East air base yesterday amid reports that Donald Trump was about to order an Iran blitz. Troop levels were reduced at Qatar’s Al Udeid base as Trump mulled plans to hit the mad mullah regime feared to have slaughtered 12,000 protesters. The US president pledged “very strong action” against Iran as Islamic courts were reported to have begun doling out death sentences to protesters for “crimes against God.” But Trump backed down after accepting assurances that “killing in Iran is stopping.” Most read in The US Sun Courts run by Iran’s Islamist mullah rulers have started doling out death sentences to young protesters accused of “crimes against God”. And gruesome public sentences were due to begin to deter further unrest - by stringing up those convicted from cranes on the back of trucks. One protester, 26-year-old Erfan Soltani was feared to be among the first of many hanged when he was arrested and charged with “collusion” last week. But Tehran confirmed yesterday that the freedom fighter would not be executed after Trump threatened military action against the Ayatollah’s teetering regime. The US president claimed that “very important sources on the other side” had told him Iran would not be executing freedom fighters. Trump posted on Truth Social that the calling off of Soltani’s execution was “good news”. https://www.thesun.co.uk/pollingwidgets/v3/widget.js?question_id=120829&game=polling He wrote “FoxNews: ‘Iranian protester will no longer be sentenced to death after President Trump’s warnings. Likewise others.’ “This is good news. Hopefully, it will continue!” Yet protesters worry that the US president is being “played” by the brutal regime. The mullahs could be stalling the executions of protesters until they launch a secret killing spree, it was feared today. Iranian sources warned yesterday that hundreds of prisoners among more than 18,000 believed to have been arrested were still in danger. An Iranian refugee in contact with protesters told The Sun: “The regime is buying time by lying to Trump and they will do what they want once he loses focus. “People...

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