Videos seen by bne IntellInews confirmed large numbers of bodies at Kahrizak Forensic Medicine Centre in south of Tehran, with grieving families searching to identify relatives amongst the dead, according to reports on January 11.

In the shocking video, which was deemed too graphic to release on this agency, hundreds of families are seen rushing among body bags scattered across the floors, vans, and freezers. Several family members are seen fainting and cries are heard by men and women in what is the most damning video to leak out of the country, which has seen the internet disconnected for several days despite Elon Musk's Starlink attempting to offer connections to those with receivers. 

One video shows photographs of corpses and names of deceased individuals displayed on a computer screen, reportedly from the forensic centre's system. Based on what appears on the screen, the number of bodies may reach 250 people.

The videos show numerous bodies in black covers in the grounds of Kahrizak Forensic Medicine Centre, with only some identified. One video filmed inside a warehouse shows several corpses, whilst another shows a lorry with individuals unloading bodies.

The footage was described as being from those killed on January 8, received from someone who recently left Iran. "Bodies are now delivered in pickup trucks. Families are told to search among them to find their loved ones," according to the description accompanying the videos.

State broadcaster IRIB aired a report from Kahrizak Forensic Medicine Centre on January 11 showing bodies in the grounds, attributing them to "people who want to involve individuals who have nothing to do with these gatherings."

The videos emerged as Iran maintains a near-total internet blackout imposed on January 8, severely limiting independent verification of events.

Human rights organisations have documented hundreds of deaths, though Israeli and US officials have suggested the actual toll is significantly higher, with the Reza Pahlavi-backed accounts that more than 2,000 have died across the country.

Iranian opposition television channel Iran International reported on January 10 that 2,000 protesters had been killed over 48 hours, whilst an Israeli official claimed the total death toll exceeded 1,000.

A US official described the death toll as "high" without providing specific figures. None of these numbers have been independently confirmed.

The protests that began on December 29 following the rial's collapse have spread to all 31 provinces, with authorities deploying security forces and Revolutionary Guard units to suppress demonstrations.

President Masoud Pezeshkian called on January 11 for loyalist citizens to take to the streets to oppose the unrest and accused some of the protestors of cutting the throats of citizens protesting.

Medical examiner reports from earlier in the protest movement indicated most civilian deaths resulted from military-grade bullets or shotgun pellets fired at close range, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency.