Iran’s Most Brutal Crackdown: Inside the Repression Machine | Photo Evidence | Daily Mail
In late December 2025, protests erupted across Iran amid economic collapse and a plunging currency, triggering a nationwide security crackdown.
In this episode of Photo Evidence, we use verified photos and videos to examine how Iranian authorities responded, and to document the scale of violence that followed, including mass arrests, disappearances, and thousands of reported deaths.
The episode breaks down the structure of Iran’s security apparatus, from the national police and the Basij militia embedded throughout society, to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and explains how these overlapping forces coordinate during protest crackdowns while answering directly to the Supreme Leader.
It also explores why, despite historic unrest and deepening economic crisis, the Islamic Republic’s system of control has proven so durable, and what this layered architecture of power means for the future of dissent in Iran.
Reza Pahlavi, son of the last Shah, believes the time has come for the regime to fall, and that he should be the man to lead the country once it does. So, could this actually happen, and what would happen if it did? To learn more, watch our video: https://youtu.be/MgvXLBDbOrQ
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