Identifying the Fallen
12,000 Dead? The Growing Discrepancy in the Iranian Revolution's Body Count
Leaked footage from Tehran’s forensic center shows thousands of bodies piled in shipping containers, revealing the true scale of the regime's lethal crackdown on its own citizens.
As the Iranian regime maintains a total internet blackout for over 100 hours, the true magnitude of the human tragedy inside the country is finally being exposed through smuggled footage. A courageous citizen recently traveled nearly 1,000 kilometers across the country just to find an internet connection stable enough to upload several minutes of harrowing video from the forensic medical center in Tehran. The footage, dated from January 10, shows endless rows of bodies lying side by side, many with visible gunshot wounds. The whistleblower claimed that the regime has resorted to throwing victims into shipping containers, stating that "there were more than 2,000 bodies on that day alone," and that by the time he arrived, one refrigerated container was already filled to capacity.
The process of identifying the dead has become a grim daily ritual for hundreds of Iranian families. At the forensic facility, staff reportedly record the specific bullet wounds on each victim and issue death certificates before families are forced to load the bodies of their loved ones onto trucks for burial. While official Iranian sources have admitted to roughly 2,000 deaths, opposition groups claim the real number of people killed in this war for freedom has reached a staggering 12,000. The disconnect from the global network makes it nearly impossible to verify these figures, but the visual evidence of regime forces firing indiscriminately into crowds suggests a massacre of historic proportions.
The international response to these atrocities has been swift and divided. President Donald Trump took to social media to encourage the protesters, telling them that "help is on the way" and urging them to continue seizing government institutions. He also announced a total freeze on meetings with Iranian officials until the "senseless killing" stops. In contrast, the Russian Foreign Ministry has condemned what it calls external interference in Iran’s internal affairs, rejecting Washington’s threats of military action and trade tariffs. Despite the regime's attempts to silence the nation, the leaked videos provide a voice for the thousands who have fallen in the streets of Tehran.