“The voices of those suffering at the hands of the regime continue to be silenced,” says journalist Deepa Parent, who has spoken to Iranians amid the celebrations held this week in Iran following the funeral of the former supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
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Parent explains how the striking images of crowds, which state media claim were in the millions, are just part of the story in a country that earlier this year was in the midst of mass protests against a brutal regime.
Iran has been in turmoil since the US-Israeli attack at the end of February, and in recent days hopes of a truce appear to be close to collapse as strikes are traded and the strait of Hormuz remains closed.
Watch our video as she explains the country’s deepening human rights crisis.
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