Statement of the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims regarding the Internet Shutdown and Killings in Iran

To all Iranians and to the free world!
The world must not stand by and watch another massacre. While the grief for the 177 precious lives lost in the skies of Tehran at the hands of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) missiles still weighs heavily on our chests, today we witness once again the Islamic Republic’s machinery of death and crime spilling the blood of our brave youth on the streets of Iran.
By completely cutting off the internet and plunging the country into absolute darkness, the despotic regime ruling Iran intends—just as it did in the “Bloody November” of 2019—to massacre, with impunity and away from the eyes of the world, protesters who have taken to the streets out of desperation for their most basic human rights and freedom. This regime has demonstrated that it knows no bounds in committing crimes against humanity to maintain its precarious survival.
The Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims, while declaring its full solidarity with the brave uprising of the Iranian people, warns that the silence and inaction of the international community at this critical moment is tantamount to complicity in suppression and slaughter. We urge democratic governments, international organizations, and major internet service providers worldwide to provide the necessary means for people to access the internet and maintain contact with the outside world without delay. Today is the time for practical support for the people of Iran.
We, the grieving families, who have felt the crime in the skies of Tehran with our very flesh and blood, declare in one voice with all the courageous protesters that our quest for justice for the blood spilled in the sky is inextricably tied to the blood unjustly spilled on the streets. We will not rest until the day the perpetrators and commanders of these crimes are brought to justice in a fair court of law.
We shall neither forget nor forgive
Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims