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Iran protests: Bodies pile up at mortuary outside Tehran
The footage, geo-located to be from the morgue in Kahrizak just south of the Iranian capital, showed bodies wrapped in black bags on the ground outside
- PUBLISHED: Mon 12 Jan 2026, 10:24 AM
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A video whose location was authenticated by AFP on Sunday showed dozens of bodies accumulating outside a mortuary south of Tehran, with rights groups saying they were victims of the Iranian authorities' crackdown on protests.
The footage, geolocated to be from the mortuary in Kahrizak just south of the Iranian capital, showed bodies wrapped in black bags on the ground outside, with what appeared to be grieving relatives searching for loved ones.
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The video first appeared online on Saturday. The mortuary is formally known as the Forensic Diagnostic and Laboratory Center of Tehran Province.
Rights groups have already drawn attention to the footage from Kahrizak, with the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) group saying it "shows a large number of people killed during the nationwide protests in Iran".
The Hengaw group, also based in Norway, said it had itself verified footage showing "dozens of bloodied bodies both inside and outside the Kahrizak mortuary", which shows an "extensive and severe crime".
Activists have accused security forces of using live fire to crack down on two weeks of protests under cover of an internet shutdown and expressed fear that hundreds may have been killed already.
