Iranian-American comedian Max Amini shared a disturbing video on Instagram. Shows Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s violent handling of mass protests across Iran in 2025–2026. Amini’s post follows the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader by US-Israeli forces.
According to Max Amini, the suffering of Iranians did not start recently. It has continued for almost 47 years under what he described as a “corrupt regime”. He says the problem goes beyond the violent repression seen in recent protests, where more than 50,000 people have reportedly been killed.
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According to a standup comedian who recently visited India, Iran has faced decades of economic collapse and the currency has lost much of its value. Many ordinary citizens are now struggling to survive.
Amini, who grew up in Iran, said young people also lived in fear.
“For those of us who grew up there, like me, being a teenager meant living in fear, being arrested simply for attending a birthday party and constantly harassed by the morality police,” Max Amini wrote on Instagram as he shared the video.
“The truth is that people in Iran cannot even enjoy simple moments, music, dance, relationships, without fear. They live every day without security, without basic dignity, under a government that crushes every dream,” he added.
The video he shared on Instagram is one he showed thousands of people in his audience.
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“Freedom is easy when you are surrounded by it. But freedom is not easy everywhere. There is a country full of young dreamers, students, artists, daughters and sons, people who like to laugh, just like us,” says the voiceover.
“When they asked for something simple, a voice, a choice, a future, they were met with violence, live ammunition against unarmed young people,” the voice continues as the screen shows armed forces attacking the protesters.
The video shows armed forces firing at protesters. It also shows army vans speeding over them. Video shows teenagers killed by Khamenei’s army.
“Thousands of people who never made it home,” says a voiceover as the video shows the grieving youngsters and their families.
One clip shows a young woman being kicked in the face. The audience that attends the comedy show watches in horror.
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Here is the video. Note: Contains graphic violence. You will probably be very concerned about this.
Reaction on social networks
“This video hit me to the core and brought tears to my eyes the first time I watched it during your show at MSG. Suddenly there was a different energy in the stadium with 20 thousand people,” wrote a social media user who attended Max Amini’s show at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Another user commented: “I was there when the clip was shown on the screen. I saw how powerful it was, how deeply it moved everyone and how so many of us Iranians were brought to tears.”
“Such a moving and powerful video! It’s amazing to see you using your platform to give a voice to the Iranian people,” wrote another user.
“I cried. I love my country Freeeee. Our people deserve to be free. They love happiness, dance, laughter in a free country,” chimed in another.
