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First modification: 02/16/2026 - 19:06
In an exclusive documentary, France 24 reconstructs the days that shook Iran: from the strike of the merchants of the Grand Bazaar of Tehran, on December 28, 2025, to the restoration of the internet on January 18, 2026. Between January 8 and 11, behind closed doors, the country experienced the worst massacre since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979. Warning: this report contains images and testimonies that may offend the public's sensitivity.
At the beginning of last January, the France 24 team, made up of senior producer Mariam Pirzadeh, digital journalist Bahar Makooi and Ershad Alijani, from The Observers, collected and verified dozens of videos sent from Iran before, during and after the internet blackout. It also collected the heartbreaking testimonies of participants and victims of the protest movement.
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From this work emerges a relentless, at times painful, story that documents the extreme police brutality deployed by the Iranian regime from the first days of the demonstrations and which, starting on January 8, escalated to the use of military methods and weapons.
The repression in the streets was followed by pressure on the families of the victims, located in hospitals and morgues when they came to look for their injured or deceased loved ones, for whose delivery, in some cases, they had to pay.
The documentary concludes on January 18 with a provisional balance of, probably, tens of thousands of victims. Only history will be in charge of establishing the definitive figure.
Warning: this report contains violent images that may offend the sensitivity, especially of minors.
Illustrations: Adel Gastel.
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