The Iranian opposition channel Manoto is set to release a four-part documentary titled This Is Our Story on YouTube this Saturday. The film aims to document a massive crackdown by the Iranian regime that resulted in an estimated 30,000 deaths.
The 30,000 deaths ordered by Ali Khamenei
An estimated 30,000 people were killed during a period of intense unrest between December 28 and January 9. According to the report,the majority of these fatalities occurred within the first two days of the uprising. The documentary alleges that this massacre was a direct order from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Security forces utilized lethal tactics, including snipers targeting the heads of protesters and machine-gun fire directed at crowds. As reported by the source, the regime attempted to hide these crimes by switching off the Iranian internet on January 8 to prevent the world from witnessing the scale of the slaughter.
Manoto’s six-month analysis of 10,000 smuggled videos
Manoto's production team spent six months analyzing more than 10,000 videos to compile the historic documentary. These citizen-recorded videos were smuggled out of Iran by individuals risking their lives to document the crackdown in a country where the free press is banned.
Producer Salomeh Seyednia noted that the footage was recorded by survivors and witnesses on the ground. manoto founder Kayvan Abbassi suggested that viewers compare the footage to the 2017 Manchester terror attack,but with the added horror that the killings were carried out by the victims' own security forces.
Esmail Shokri’s search at the Kahrizak Forensics Centre
Esmail Shokri’s search for his son, Sepehr, at the Kahrizak Forensics Centre provides a personal lens on the tragedy. The documentary captures Shokri examining hundreds of corpses, many of whom were young men and women, as he attempts to find his missing child.
The footage depicts overwhelmed mortuaries where bodies were reportedly packed together like slabs of meat. Shokri’s plea for the world to witness these crimes serves as a central emotional pillar of the film, highlighting the human cost of the regime's actions.
Unresolved claims regarding the February 28 assassination
Several critical details regarding the regime's current status and the reported assassination remain unverified. The report includes a significant claim that the US and Israel killed Ali Khamenei on February 28 , seven weeks after the protests ended . This assertion remains a major point of contention that requires further corroboration.
The source also leaves questions regarding the aftermath of the reported assassination and why the subsequent global economic meltdown has seemingly masked the ongoing suffering of the Iranian people. It remains unclear how many of the tens of thousands arrested during the crackdown are still facing execution or death sentences.
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