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Iran's Revolution on Film

When millions of Iranians flooded the streets in June 2009 to protest the disputed election, it was all recorded--on video cameras and cell phones. For the West, these grainy amateur images were the only witness to the uprising and the brutal crackdown. Recently, a group that has been collecting the digital documentation of last year's protests received 6,000 of these videos from a student leader who fled Iran. Here are some of these remarkable, often disturbing recordings that document a brave, brutal, and heartbreaking history. Many of these images have never been seen before.

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Bullets From the Roof

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Meghdad Basij Station, Tehran, June 15, 2009
According to unconfirmed reports, several people died outside this compound in June last year. In this footage you can see protesters throwing rocks and from the top of the compound bullets being fired. The wounded are carried away. The Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) released statements claiming that protesters were attacked by "rogue forces" outside the compound and not by IRGC officers. The Iranians who collated these videos believe this video contradicts those statements.

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