The protests that shook the country from late December to mid-January were met with unprecedented violence. Despite an internet blackout, footage verified by Le Monde shows security forces using military-grade weapons against demonstrators, while authorities now openly acknowledge the armed intervention of security forces.

Images that capture the scale of the brutally suppressed protests that swept Iran between December 28 and January 11 are rare. Some NGOs report at least 18,000 people dead.…

BBC News Persian Forensic has been able to confirm the security forces' deployment of a wide array of lethal and non-lethal weaponry.

The protests that shook the country from late December to mid-January were met with unprecedented violence. Despite an internet blackout, footage verified by Le Monde shows…