At least 544 people have been killed as protests in Iran enter their third week, according to a US-based human rights group. Despite the internet blackout, CNN is collecting footage of those killed.
Social media videos geolocated by CNN show people trying to identify their loved ones among bodies at the Qahrizak Forensic Center in Tehran province.
In the first video, a crowd gathers in front of a monitor displaying people’s photos as their loved ones try to identify them.
Other footage from a forensic facility shows bodies in black body bags lined up in a walkway outside the building, with people gathered around them. Bodies are also lying in a dirt area next to the building as families frantically search for the remains of their loved ones.
The state-run Tasnim news agency also posted a video of the forensic laboratory. It shows a reporter from the agency speaking with grieving loved ones at the institute who told him their relatives were not protesters and had no intention of protesting.
The monitor in the first video shows the date as Friday. CNN cannot independently verify when the remaining clips were filmed.
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People trying to identify loved ones among dozens of bodies in Tehran province
Elsewhere in Iran, the bodies of protesters were taken to Tehran’s Behesht-e Zahra cemetery for burial on Sunday, according to a video on pro-reform activist outlet IranWire.
Family members can be heard clapping and chanting slogans such as “Death to Khamenei” and “Kill the one who killed my brother.” The date of the video could not be independently confirmed.
