After imposing a nationwide internet blackout, the Iranian regime appears to have largely obscured the mass killing of protesters. However, a photographer in Tehran has managed to share their documentation of what happened, along with the testimony of those who joined in and survived the protests.
Milad*, 23, Tehran: ‘A Basiji said, “Go tell your prince to pull these pellets out of your body”’
“I was near Yaftabad [an area of Tehran] on Thursday night [8 January] and saw people pouring into the streets, masked and waiting for a spark. Everyone was walking, from a 100-year-old man to a four-year-old kid whose parents were holding his hand. My friend called me and said, ‘Milad, this means revolution.’ I told him, ‘Yeah, brother, this is it.’
