An Iranian man reportedly died by suicide after posting a social media video of himself where he urged the US President not to make any diplomatic deals with Iran's theocratic regime.
Identified as Pouria Hamidi by Iranian media, the man in a 10-minute and 44-second video, said that his appeal aimed to draw attention to a deadly crackdown on the protests in Iran. Further, he called for foreign intervention against the country's clergy leadership.
In the video that has gone viral, Hamidi can be seen saying, "If you're watching this, then I'm not around anymore."
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He is a resident of Iran's southern port city of Bushehr. On February 5, Hamidi posted a video on his YouTube channel 'PoorY X' and said, "More than 40,000 people died, killed, massacred, more than the Russia-Ukraine war, and more than the Israel-Palestine war." The video was captioned: "This Is My Sacrifice ā Please, Free My Country".
What did he say?
In the video, which has been recorded in English, Hamidi addressed the American leadership directly and urged them not to initiate any diplomatic agreement with Tehran and said that any agreement with the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's regime would "betray all those people who died".
"So please, I beg you, do whatever you can to stop this deal," he said.
'We trusted Trump...'
He said that US President Trump had told the Iranians to "keep protesting, and we did, we trusted him." However, he added that fighting armed men is not possible. Iranians can't win against the Islamic regime without outside help.
"America attacking Iran is the only hope we have right now," Hamidi said. "We can't fight this regime alone. Our people need foreign intervention."
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He also showed support for Iran's exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi, calling him "the best choice to make a transitional government". He urged various opposition groups outside Iran to "come together and stop fighting each other".
Pouria Hamidi, 28, from Bushehr, took his own life yesterday.
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Why? Because President Trump decided to enter a nuclear negotiation with the regime in Iran, breaking everyone's hopes and dreams, and rendering their sacrifices for nothing.
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'Our people are hopeless'
"You don't know how hopeless our people are right now. I mean, I can't eat. I can't sleep," he said.
"I can't even cry about it because it's so laughable to be born in a place like this, to have no future. But I hoped the people of my country would finally have a future after all this," he added.
Hamidi explained that he made the video to give meaning to his life and expressed a wish for Iranians to support each other. As the recording ended, he switched to Persian, saying, "We people of Iran are lonely people and have nobody, so please support each other. Long live Iran,ā according to Iran International Report.
Hamidi reportedly took his own life after sharing the video.
