World Economic Forum invites Iranian foreign minister to Davos after regime slaughter of Iranian civilians

The World Economic Forum is facing calls to frost retired members of the Iranian authorities from an upcoming acme successful Davos this week.

The Iran watchdog radical United Against Nuclear Iran sent a missive to WEF President Borge Brende connected Friday urging the radical not to invitation immoderate officials from the Islamic Republic of Iran. The radical tells Fox News Digital that WEF did not respond to the letter, and alternatively the forum added an interrogation with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to the summit's docket connected Sunday.

WEF did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital.

UANI CEO Mark Wallace, who antecedently served arsenic U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations nether President George W. Bush, cited quality rights radical reports regarding the wide slaughter of Iranian civilians by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's regime.

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World Economic Forum (WEF) laminitis Klaus Schwab speaks astatine the Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum successful Davos, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

"Just this month, the Iranian authorities has carried retired what immoderate judge to beryllium the largest massacre successful its history," Wallace wrote to Brende. "Araghchi is simply a subordinate of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), which reportedly issued an bid to usage unrecorded occurrence connected Iranian civilians protesting. Estimates suggest the authorities killed astatine slightest 12,000 and up to 20,000 Iranians implicit the people of a fewer days successful January arsenic they exercised their cardinal rights to show against the Ayatollah and his tyranny."

"Hosting Iranian authorities officials, specified arsenic Araghchi, who whitewash this grounds is profoundly violative and would beryllium wholly inappropriate to level astatine a Forum whose taxable this twelvemonth is 'A Spirit of Dialogue.' Instead of dialogue, the Islamic Republic offered bullets to these brave Iranians," Wallace continued.

People stitchery during protestation against the Iranian authorities connected Jan. 8, 2026, successful Tehran, Iran. (Anonymous/Getty Images)

Iran’s ultimate person publically acknowledged for the archetypal clip Saturday that thousands of radical were killed during caller anti-government protests, according to reporting from the BBC.

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Khamenei made the remarks during a nationalist code Saturday, blaming the U.S. for the unrest and unit and saying immoderate protesters died "in an inhuman, savage manner."

Protestors pain images of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a rally held successful Solidarity with Iran's Uprising, organised by The nationalist Council of Resistance of Iran, connected Whitehall successful cardinal London Jan. 11, 2026. (Carlos Jasso/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S.-based Iranian Human Rights Activists News Agency estimates that much than 3,000 radical were killed implicit astir 3 weeks of unrest, though Iranian authorities person not released an authoritative decease toll and different estimates person been higher.

Videos authenticated by BBC Persian and BBC Verify amusement Iranian information forces firing connected demonstrators during the unrest.

Trump told Politico connected Saturday that "it’s clip to look for caller enactment successful Iran," aft being work a bid of hostile posts from Khamenei’s X relationship accusing the president of work for the violence.

Iran protests decease toll spiked successful caller days arsenic quality rights groups accidental thousands of radical person been killed. (MAHSA / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images))

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"What helium is blameworthy of, arsenic the person of a country, is the implicit demolition of the state and the usage of unit astatine levels ne'er seen before," Trump said, according to Politico. "Leadership is astir respect, not fearfulness and death."

Read Wallace's afloat missive to the WEF beneath (App users click here)

Fox News' Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.