In the last two weeks, human rights groups now accuse security forces of killing about 500 protesters, soaking the nation's streets in its citizens' blood, and now new footage of the aftermath of a massacre, rows of body bags all believed to be protesters who fought and died demanding freedom, line the floor of the Kahrizak morgue outside of Tehran, so many bodies, they overflowed outside, where family members were beleaguered by loss. They expanded into calls for regime change and in unprecedented ways, geographically spreading from urban centers to rural provinces such as Ardabil in the north, and socioeconomically, to include both the working and middle classes across the country. Ali Tehrani, Director of D.C. Operations, Psiphon: This is the most extreme shutdown that we have seen in the history of the Internet inside the country.
Author: Nick Schifrin, Sonia Kopelev
Published at: 2026-01-12 23:35:29
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