{"id":312092,"date":"2026-01-23T21:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-eyewitness-testimony-of-brutal-repression-of-protesters-in-rasht\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T21:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:00:10","slug":"iran-eyewitness-testimony-of-brutal-repression-of-protesters-in-rasht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-eyewitness-testimony-of-brutal-repression-of-protesters-in-rasht\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Eyewitness testimony of brutal repression of protesters in Rasht"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/OOCEK-Ta15M\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Eyewitness testimony of brutal repression of protesters in Rasht\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OOCEK-Ta15M\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The UN&#8217;s Human rights chief has said thousands of people, including children, have been killed in Iran&#8217;s brutal repression against protestors, accusing the regime of a &quot;pattern of subjugation and overwhelming force&quot;. <\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s leaders have shut down the internet, effectively muzzling the voices of the population and cutting them off from the world. But with eyewitness testimony of people who have since left Iran, we are beginning to piece together some of those horrors.<\/p>\n<p>A warning, this report contains distressing details.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nGet more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/<br \/>\nSubscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN&#8217;s Human rights chief has said thousands of people, including children, have been killed in Iran&#8217;s brutal repression against protestors, accusing the regime of a &quot;pattern of subjugation and overwhelming force&quot;. 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