Iranians screamed in anguish and cried in confusion as they gathered beside bodies shrouded in black bags in a makeshift morgue at the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Center and lying on the ground outside the facility south of Tehran.
Videos making their way past Iran’s internet blackout circulated over the weekend, revealing harrowing scenes from earlier in the week. People tried to identify their loved ones among dozens of bodies inside warehouse-like rooms and on the ground outside the forensics center — casualties of Iran’s latest spate of heavy-handed crackdowns on dissent. Mass anti-government protests triggered by deteriorating economic conditions have gripped the country, presenting the Iranian regime with its biggest challenge in years.
Video obtained by CNN show a crowd of people gathered in front of a monitor that displays photos of deceased individuals as their loved ones crowd around, trying to identify them. According to information seen on the screen and images received by the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), around 250 bodies are estimated to be at the facility.
Another clip, from the forensic facility, shows black body bags lined up on a walkway outside the building, with people gathered around. Some bodies are scattered across what appears to be the facility’s courtyard. Others lie on unpaved ground. Some are just feet away from parked cars, as families frantically search for the remains of their loved ones.
The activist group Mamlekate said Saturday that the number of bodies taken to the forensic institute is so high that they are being lined up in the courtyard.
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