Overview
- He was identified as Pouria Hamidi from the southern port city of Bushehr and recorded a roughly 10‑minute appeal in English that spread widely over the weekend.
- Addressing President Trump, he urged Washington to forgo any agreement with Iran and called for U.S. military intervention, saying, "America attacking Iran is the only hope we have right now."
- In the recording he alleged a massacre of more than 40,000 people, a claim reporters noted they could not verify and that far exceeds widely cited estimates, including a Reuters figure of at least 5,000 deaths.
- He criticized Iran’s religious leadership, voiced support for exiled figure Reza Pahlavi as a potential transitional leader, and urged opposition groups abroad to unite.
- Opposition-linked outlets, including Iran International, reported that Hamidi died by suicide shortly after posting the video, while multiple publications stressed they could not confirm the circumstances.