new video loaded: How We Know Iran Crushed Protests with Deadly Pressure
The New York Instances collected and analyzed lots of of movies of a crackdown on anti-government protests that Iranians shared regardless of an web blackout. Sanjana Varghese explains how the Visible Investigations crew at The Instances verified them.
By Sanjana Varghese, Christina Thornell, James Surdam, Jon Hazell and Zach Caldwell
February 5, 2026
