Portraits of Iranian civilian victims of Israeli strikes. (Image taken from the Instagram account Iranunderfire)
Photos showing radiant faces. Faces forever frozen in a smile betraying the desire to live, but whose publication on Iranian social media accounts announces death. During the long months following the popular uprising triggered by the death of the young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini for an improperly fitted veil in September 2022, Iranians posted the photos of hundreds of people killed in the Iranian regime's crackdown on its people online. The web became a virtual mausoleum. Not to forget. To also testify to all the lives broken by an iron hand.Since June 13, the smiling photos have once again flooded Iranian social media. This time, they did not perish at the hands of their law enforcement or in the regime's jails, but under the bombs of the Israeli air force. At least 585 Iranians have been killed and 1,326 injured, reported...
Photos showing radiant faces. Faces forever frozen in a smile betraying the desire to live, but whose publication on Iranian social media accounts announces death. During the long months following the popular uprising triggered by the death of the young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini for an improperly fitted veil in September 2022, Iranians posted the photos of hundreds of people killed in the Iranian regime's crackdown on its people online. The web became a virtual mausoleum. Not to forget. To also testify to all the lives broken by an iron hand.Since June 13, the smiling photos have once again flooded Iranian social media. This time, they did not perish at the hands of their law enforcement or in the regime's jails, but under the bombs of the Israeli air force. At least 585 Iranians have been killed and 1,326 injured, reported...