Videos of killed protesters in Iran are being circulated on Telegram. Some show dozens of bodies

During the protests against the ayatollah regime, which have been ongoing in Iran since the end of December, at least 2.5 thousand people have died , according to the human rights organization Hengaw. Of these, human rights activists managed to identify 90 people. In particular, today the organization published the names and photographs of five Kurds who died during the shooting of protesters in Tehran on January 8: Mahmoudi Azar, Zahra Moradi, Siavash Shirzad, Erfan Alizadeh and Ali Abbasi. According to the organization, in order to receive the bodies of their loved ones, the families of the victims had to search for them among hundreds of bodies in Tehran morgues. In addition, authorities demanded that family members pay to obtain the bodies and attempted to force them to participate in propaganda stories on television.

The day before, the Iranian opposition TV channel Iran International reported that the death toll could reach 12 thousand people.

The Insider analyzed videos from Iran published in Telegram channels on the 23rd day of the month of Day 1404 according to the Iranian calendar (January 13, 2026 according to the Gregorian calendar). They indicate a large number of victims among the protesters. The videos were compiled using the Insider Navigator news monitor's Vox-Harbor search tool (by IonaFlow team).

A video from Tehran dated December 20 (January 10) shows people mourning the bodies of the dead lying directly on the ground. At least several dozen bodies were caught in the frame. The commentary to the video states that the serial number of bodies in the documents issued to relatives was “at least 2-3 thousand on that day alone.”