00:00Death or freedom they chant in rare pictures of Iranians still daring
00:05to defy the regime.
00:08This video shows students at the university
00:10of medical sciences in Tehran protesting against the ban on pain tribute.
00:15Also those killed in the largest wave of popular unrest for decades.
00:20With the internet blackout, very little information and few videos are coming out of Iran.
00:25But in these chilling images we received a couple of days ago, we get a taste of the regime's
00:30brutal crackdown.
00:32According to the human rights activist news agency,
00:35although internet access has been partially restored in recent days, many users continue
00:40to face restrictions and social media content is being filtered.
00:45This Iranian man living in Greece hasn't been able to reach his family for three weeks.
00:50I'm trying any channels you can imagine but it's really scary I mean I see that
00:55the messages are not being delivered I see no one is or when I'm calling on their self
01:00phone or their landline I'm just hearing this you know sorry we cannot you know.
01:05connect you to this number try again later.
01:08I don't know.
01:10I don't know if my relatives my beloved ones are alive.
01:14Even the death
01:15death toll is still uncertain.
01:17NGOs have so far verified around 6,000
01:20dead and are investigating 17,000 more.
01:23The country's Ministry of Health
01:25Health though says as many as 30,000 people could have been killed the 8th and 9th of January.
01:30alone.
01:31Tens of thousands of people have also been arrested and thrown into
01:35overcrowded prisons.
01:36While the authorities are reportedly conducting a witch hunt for doctors
01:40who treated injured protesters.
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