Featured film
77 Hours — the film about Iran's Two Nights
A psychological thriller by Vahid Mahdavi, set across the nights of 8 and 9 January 2026. Watch the trailers, read the story, and see the documented record behind it.
15-minute guided read
The whole story, end to end
A curated path through eight chapters, in order. Reading times under each.
1. Uprising — the first sixty days
~2 min
From Mahsa Amini’s funeral on Sept 17 to the Bloody Friday massacre in Zahedan on Sept 30, and the schoolgirls’ revolt of October.
2. Two Nights — the Crimson Winter
~2 min
What happened on Jan 8–9 2026 in Rasht, when security forces opened fire on a peaceful crowd.
3. Faces — twenty names
~3 min
Twenty victims — by name, age, city, and the single moment that took their life.
4. Timeline — day by day
~3 min
Scroll through the first sixty days, each carded with its city and primary source.
5. Regime vs. verified
~2 min
Twelve regime claims placed beside the verified record. The pattern is the story.
6. Diaspora — voices from outside
~1 min
7. World — what the UN concluded
~1 min
Crimes against humanity. Read the language of the finding.
8. Act — six things you can do today
~1 min
Documentaries
Long-form documentaries on Iran
Feature films, investigations and a three-part series on the uprising, the crackdown and the people behind the record.
All questions about Iran, answered
Every sourced question and answer on this archive, gathered on one page. Short answers first, with a link to the full page behind each one.