"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.' We started chanting and kept going until we reached the main road."
"Let me tell you we were a huge crowd. From one end of the main road to the other, it was full of people. Where we were on Thursday night, they didn't shoot. It was just teargas and shots fired into the air. One guy was breaking stones and handing them to the young guys; another was making a fire and blowing into people's eyes to ease the burning after teargas was fired. My own lungs were burning nonstop."
A nationwide internet blackout largely obscured mass killings of protesters during the January 2026 uprising in Iran. A photographer in Tehran shared photographs and survivor testimony documenting shootings, teargas, and civilian resistance. Witnesses described streets filled from elderly to young children, large crowds chanting, and organized aid such as stone-breaking and makeshift fire treatment for teargas. Security forces deployed Basij militia, fired into crowds, and used Kalashnikovs to kill civilians. Protesters attacked a Basij base, set motorcycles ablaze, and survivors recounted finding people shot and pleading for refuge after deadly rounds swept neighbourhoods.
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