The logic of the massacre became clear; when the Aghazadehs consider eliminating people "less costly"

The logic of the massacre was revealed; Ahmad Ghadiri-Abyaneh's words reveal the view of a government that considers eliminating people less costly than holding them accountable.

The statements published these days by Ahmad Ghadiri Abyaneh are neither a marginal comment nor a harsh personal analysis. These statements should be considered a frank admission of the logic of repression and crime in the Islamic Republic; a logic that has been implemented for years in the streets, prisons, and gallows, and has now been directly expressed by one of the nurturers of the power structure.

He says bluntly: "If these people had been caught in the act, the cost to the regime would have been and is much less than if you wanted to execute them one by one, each of which would be a case of pressure on the Islamic Republic. Whatever logic you use, from whatever angle you look at it, it would have been right to wipe them out on the scene in a decisive action and showing an iron fist. Now they say the total number of deaths was 3,000 and a half, if it had been 5,000, the cost to us would have been less than if you wanted to execute this one today and that one tomorrow."

These sentences are a clear encouragement to the mass killing of people; not from the words of a field commander in a moment of crisis, but from the words of someone who grew up in a diplomatic family, has a university education, and introduces himself as familiar with “international law.” This only further exposes the depth of the disaster.

Ahmad Ghadiri Abyaneh’s words are a direct confirmation of the crimes that the Islamic Republic has committed against the Iranian people over the decades, and especially during the protests of recent years; from direct shooting of protesters in the streets, to suspicious deaths in detention centers, and hasty executions with security files. What he calls “less costly” is precisely the policy that human rights special rapporteurs, international organizations, and victims’ families have been warning about for years: “physical elimination as a tool of governance.”

These statements reveal a deep divide, a divide between the people who took to the streets for their most basic rights and the ivory tower dwellers for whom the absence of the people is a matter of pure calculation. In this logic, the human being is not a citizen, but a cost; a number that must be increased or decreased to manage international pressure.

Ghadiri Abyaneh, who describes himself as a graduate of international law and has written works such as "Psychological Operations Techniques in the Media and News," is known not for his academic research but for his extremist and controversial positions, ranging from openly defending the Islamic Republic's efforts to acquire nuclear weapons to praising military cooperation with Russia and calling the nuclear withdrawal a "slaughter" of the country's capabilities.

Earlier, during the 1401 protests, he had called the protesters not protesting people but “the enemy’s combined war infantry,” and at the height of dehumanization, he had reduced women protesting against compulsory hijab to a “street prostitution network” and the implementers of the “clothesless” project, and had called for them to “get their act together.” His recent remarks are a logical continuation of the same narrative; a narrative that first dehumanizes man and then justifies his physical elimination.

This view is not rooted in one individual. His father, Mohammad Hassan Ghadiri Abyaneh, a former ambassador to the Islamic Republic, has also repeatedly spoken disparagingly about the people; including when, during the protests, he called the protesters arrogant and said: "The Iranian people have no right to compare themselves with the Arabs. The Arabs have the right to live better."

Putting these positions together presents a clear picture: "The Islamic Republic, not only in practice but also in its internal discourse, sees the people as a nuisance; an issue that, in their opinion, would be less costly if it were to disappear on the scene."

Ahmad Ghadiri Abyaneh's remarks should be seen as more than a media controversy. These statements are living proof of the regime's criminal logic against the Iranian people; a logic that is no longer hidden today, but is expressed calmly and calculatingly.