Hidden Video Fuels Fears Amid Iran Protest Blackout (Full Transcript)

A clandestine clip from Qahrizak shows mourners searching body bags as Iran enforces a communications shutdown and state media disputes the death toll.
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[00:00:03] Speaker 1: From behind the walls of the Iranian regime's censorship, a chilling video has emerged. Every movement of what may be a hidden camera reveals a terrifying picture of what's been unfolding on the ground. They butchered him, this mourner wails. The camera drifts past grief, not lingering long enough for us to be able to tell the stories of loss and pain of so many who gathered at the Qahrizak Forensic Medical Center outside Tehran, searching among rows and rows of body bags that line the courtyard for loved ones missing. State media had its own pictures and narrative from the Qahrizak Forensic Institute, reporting the majority of the bodies are those of, quote, ordinary citizens. They blame their deaths like the protest on foreign-backed terrorists carrying out what they say are indiscriminate killings. These pictures the regime decided to air, perhaps a warning to those who dare take to the streets. It's almost impossible for us to get real-time updates from Iran. The regime shut down communications across the country on Thursday, just as nationwide protests against the clerical establishment drew larger crowds to the streets of every province. It's a tactic out of its playbook on crushing dissent, cover it's used in the past to unleash bloody force. In this one location, an estimated 250 bodies, with hundreds more confirmed killed elsewhere, according to activists, the world now braces for what may come when Iran finally emerges from the dark.

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A hidden-camera video from Iran shows mourners at the Qahrizak Forensic Medical Center near Tehran searching rows of body bags for missing loved ones. State media offers an alternate narrative, claiming most of the dead are ordinary citizens killed by foreign-backed terrorists and airing selective images as a warning. With communications shut down amid nationwide protests, real-time reporting is nearly impossible. Activists estimate around 250 bodies at this site and hundreds more killed elsewhere, raising fears of further violence once the blackout ends.
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Negative: The passage conveys fear, grief, and outrage, highlighting mass casualties, censorship, and a violent crackdown during protests.
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Question 1:
What location is described as having rows of body bags searched by families?
Evin Prison
Qahrizak Forensic Medical Center
Azadi Stadium
Imam Khomeini Airport
Correct Answer:
Qahrizak Forensic Medical Center

Question 2:
What tactic does the passage say the regime used as protests grew?
Opening borders
Shutting down communications
Holding new elections
Allowing foreign journalists
Correct Answer:
Shutting down communications

Question 3:
How does state media explain the deaths shown at the forensic institute?
Natural disasters
Foreign-backed terrorists carrying out indiscriminate killings
Workplace accidents
A traffic pileup
Correct Answer:
Foreign-backed terrorists carrying out indiscriminate killings

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