The makeshift morgue in southern Tehran does not have enough space for all of the dead.
Footage, snuck out of the country, shows dozens of killed Iranians lying on the ground outside in body bags waiting to be found and identified by loved ones.
The regime has been fighting hard to prevent the world from seeing scenes exactly like this, with internet monitor Netblocks confirming in the early hours of Friday that Iranians had been without internet access for more than 180 hours – believed to be the longest digital shutdown in the country’s history.
As in previous internet shutdowns, the Iranian people are still finding ways to sneak vital eyewitness footage out to the wider world.
In a handful of videos verified by this paper, men and women can be seen at the Kahrizak morgue – created on the site of a forensic centre in Iran’s capital – searching among corpses for their family and friends.
There are so many bodies it is hard to count them accurately, but this paper has recorded between 150 to 200 dead inside and outside of the morgue.
@theipaperFootage smuggled out of Iran shows a makeshift morgue on the outskirts of Tehran, overwhelmed by bodies. The i Paper has counted what appears to be between 150 and 200 dead in and outside of the morgue, although there are too many bodies to count accurately. Some body bags are marked with names but others simply read “unknown man” and “Mohammadi number 5”. The majority appear to be men, but videos also show female victims as young as 16 who have been killed protesting against the Iranian regime. We verified the location of this footage by cross-referencing it with satellite imagery and available independent images of the medical complex. The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) has stated that more than 2,400 protesters have been killed in the past two weeks, compared to around 150 people linked to the regime. Many believe that when Iran regains full internet access, much more footage of horrors like this will emerge. #politics
♬ original sound – The i Paper – The i PaperReports from those within Iran state that the authorities “are demanding between 500 and 700 million tomans (£8,000–£11,000)” from families to return the bodies of their relatives. If a family can not pay, one source said, the person’s death certificate will be marked indicating that the deceased was an enemy militia.
Among the bodies outside the medical centre is one victim who reveals the depth of the regime’s brutality. Notes including a date of birth scrawled on her body bag indicate she is only 16 years old. Her name appears to be Parian.
Bodies outside Tehran’s Forensic Diagnostic and Laboratory Centre in Kahrizak which has become a makeshift morgue following the recent protestsNotes on other body bags translated by this paper include other names including Peyman and Mohammad. There are also body bags marked simply “unknown man” and “Mohammadi number 5”.
Some body bags are open. Many of the dead appear to show wounds consistent with a bullet. Some appear to have suffered more violently. One man’s stomach has been cut open – either in an effort to kill him, or by those trying to save his life.
The floor the Iranians lie on is smeared with blood, and some wandering between the bodies cover their noses and mouths from the smell.
The majority of the visible bodies appear to be men. One of the deceased is wearing a football shirt, a few others are in jeans.
The i Paper has verified the location of this footage by cross-referencing with satellite imagery and available independent images of the medical complex.
The recent publication of the footage has been confirmed through reverse searches of individual frames from the videos. Translators confirmed the language written on the body bags and spoken by those searching the scene is Farsi.
A satellite image of the medical centre taken on 12 January obtained by this paper does not give clear confirmation if the body bags are visible. The image was used to help geolocate the videos by matching key landmarks in them (inset) to the independent image (Photo: Satellite image ©2026 Vantor)Some of those sharing the footage online claimed it was shot on 10 January. The videos did not carry any metadata, a type of file labelling, to help us confirm this exact date, and satellite imagery from the day was obscured by cloud coverage.
While this meant it was not possible to check for signs of body bags or crowds of people, the cloud coverage in the area was consistent with the weather seen in the videos themselves. Notes on the body bags also help to confirm the rough time the video was likely shot, with at least one appearing to note the person was killed on 8 January.
State-affiliated media posted videos from near the forensic centre alongside interviews with purported family members of the dead, according to CNN. In these videos, the interviewees said their relatives were not protesters, with one man saying his family member was pro-government and died after being hit in the head with a rock thrown by an unidentified person.
The state media reporter claimed the dead included protesters who “aimed to clash” with security forces or “wanted to seize a (military) base… may (have) used arms”, but that most of those in the body bags were “ordinary people, and (their) families are ordinary families”.
Grieving relatives have been searching through the bodies looking for loved onesNorway-based rights group Hengaw states it has been able to confirm more than 2,500 people have been killed across Iran during the recent protests. The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) provided a similar figure, with confirmation of 2,435 of the dead over the last two weeks being protesters, while 153 were affiliated with the government.
The Iranian government claims the numbers of killed protesters have been exaggerated, and state television reports claim the figure is closer to 300.
Many believe that when Iran regains full internet access, a large volume of videos and images of the violence on the streets of Tehran and elsewhere will flood the internet. Until then, footage is continuing to trickle out.
Many of the videos verified by this paper show huge marches of protesters calling for an end to the regime, shutting down major roads and blocking off usually busy intersections of the country’s capital. Some also show what appears to be tear gas or smoke bombs thrown at the demonstrators, while in others its possible to hear the rattle of gunfire.
These horrors are not new for the people of Iran, which has a long history of major protest movements and violent government crackdowns in response.
Some of what is seen in the morgue videos this week mirrors what has been reported from the “Women, Life, Freedom” protests held in 2022, following the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini.
This includes distinctive wounds from “birdshot pellets” – small lead, steel or alloy projectiles fired from shotguns – which can be seen pockmarking the body of one corpse lying on the ground, similar to injuries revealed by medics in 2022 who leaked photos from hospitals to suggest that security forces had fired on people at close range.
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Similarly, the killing of a 16-year-old is not novel for Iran. The murder of Nika Shakarami, 16, made headlines around the world. The regime had claimed she killed herself after going missing from an anti-regime protest in 2022. Documents later revealed she had been sexually assaulted and killed by three members of the Iranian security forces.
The current protests began in Tehran in December following a sharp drop in the value of the already-low currency and in response to Iran’s struggling economy.
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