State of the World from NPR Voices from inside Iran
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Feb 2, 2026 
Jackie Northam, an NPR foreign correspondent reporting from Iran, presents first-hand interviews and narrated accounts from inside the protests. She shares voices of young creators, a housewife, and a former publisher describing crowds, flag burnings, shootings, disappearances, and morgue extortion. The reporting captures fear, grief, and a fierce resolve to keep protesting for future freedom.
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Internet Lift Reveals Death Toll
- Human Rights Activists News Agency reports more than 6,000 deaths amid a month of protests and brutal government crackdown.
- The internet blackout eased enough to let videos leak and reveal the scale of violence.
Protester Who Saw Neighbor Killed
- A content creator in Karaj joined protests after hearing Reza Pahlavi and saw crowds swell with families and disabled participants.
- She watched authorities shoot protesters and saw an 18-year-old neighbor killed, calling the mood both ecstatic and then horrifying.
Family Told To Pay For Body And Stay Silent
- A housewife from Karaj says her husband went to protest and never returned, and officials demanded payment and false paperwork to release the body.
- She reports threats that her daughters would be taken if she told anyone, leaving the family terrified at home.