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Published on: 02/06/2026 - 7:36 p.m. Modified on: 02/11/2026 - 4:25 p.m.

This film traces the chronology of the uprising in Iran from December 28, 2025, with a strike at the Grand Bazaar in Tehran, until January 18, 2026. While access to the Internet is cut, the largest massacre committed in Iran since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979 will take place behind closed doors, between January 8 and 11. Be careful, this report may offend sensitivity of the public.

From the first days of January, France 24 brought together a team of “cross-functional” journalists, with Mariam Pirzadeh, editor-in-chief at France 24, Bahar Makooi, journalist at France24.com, and Ershad Alijani, journalist at France 24 Observers, who identified and validated the multiple videos that reached them before, after, and sometimes during the internet black hole.

They also collected moving testimonies from several actors or victims of the revolt.

This report contains scenes of great violence, which should not be viewed by young audiences.

Also read: Chronology: in Iran, a month of demonstrations and bloody repression

It is a relentless, sometimes difficult account of the extreme police violence implemented from the first days of the revolt by the Iranian regime, which massively deployed weapons of war from January 8. Then, pressure was put on the families of the victims, hounded into hospitals or morgues, while they were going to recover their injured or deceased loved ones, whom they had to monetize.

Also read “Nothing but blood and bullet casings”: exclusive testimony from an Iranian protester

The toll ends on January 18, with undoubtedly several tens of thousands of victims. It will be up to history to draw up the final assessment.

Illustrations by Adel Gastel

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