Iranian Regime Hacks U.S Database To Publish Death List

A Death List on Your Commute

You expect a freeway sign to tell you when to exit, not who to kill. On September 8, Iranian-born real estate broker Payam Shiravi saw a digital sign on the 405 Freeway near Westwood that did something far worse. It displayed a web address for a site dedicated to hunting down enemies of the Iranian regime.

The site, goorkan.info, lists personal details of dissidents living in Los Angeles. It includes photos and threats against their lives. Shiravi told The California Post that he drove past the sign multiple times to check his eyes. “I couldn’t believe what I was seeing on the sign. “He confirmed he drove past a couple of times to verify it was real, he said.

This was not a random prank. Describing itself as “a collective and patriotic effort to identify, introduce, and punish traitors,” the website states. Those supporting “hostile actions against the soil and people of Iran” are specifically targeted by it. The site even shows faces being scanned for recognition.

The Regime’s Digital Terror

The group behind this attack has ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The United States designated that military force as a foreign terrorist organization back in 2019. The name Goorkan translates to “gravedigger” in Farsi. The imagery on the site is terrifying. It features ominous photos of individuals with a threat that their “everyday chats” and sensitive data are locked on their servers.

Shiravi recognized people he knows from anti-regime protests on the website. Another critic, Emel Karsaz, found her name and photo on the list. She filed a report with the FBI’s Los Angeles field office on September 9.

Karsaz told the New York Post that fear seized her and she no longer felt safe in America. She faced social-media threats aimed at her appearance just before she was listed. The FBI issued a warning on September 15 regarding Iranian state cyber actors targeting dissidents around the world. This breach happened right in the heart of “Tehrangeles,” a neighborhood with an estimated 141,000 Iranian Americans.

When Did They Notice?

The California Department of Transportation, known as Caltrans, operates these signs. They admitted the message was unauthorized and disturbing. But there is a gap in their timeline that makes you angry. The agency said it was not alerted to the message until September 15.

Shiravi had already seen the board on September 8. That is a full week where drivers saw a death list before the government knew. Caltrans said it alerted the contractor to restore normal operations and is reviewing access history. They did not shut it down the moment a citizen reported it.

Why did it take seven days to fix a sign showing a terrorist death list? The agency claims they are reviewing the message and access history. But the damage was done. The threat was visible to thousands of commuters for a week. This is a failure of protection for people living right here in our country.

Who Is Safe in America?

The largest Iranian community outside of Iran resides in Los Angeles. Many settled there after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. They built businesses and raised families in safety. Now, a foreign regime is using American technology to hunt them down. The sign was operated by a contractor hired by the state.

Someone hacked the system to push this propaganda. The website was linked to a terror group. The message said they would “identify and punish traitors to the homeland.” These are not just words on a screen. They are a direct threat to the safety of neighbors and friends.

Caltrans says they are investigating how the access happened.