The Light Within: Elahe Tavakolian's Story of Hope and Resistance

The Iranian security forces responded to these protests with extreme violence, employing tactics aimed not only at dispersing the crowds but also at inflicting severe and lasting harm on the protesters. The use of pellet guns, often fired at close range, became a notorious hallmark of this crackdown. These weapons, designed to cause maximum pain and injury, were deliberately aimed at protesters' faces, resulting in a horrifying number of eye injuries and cases of permanent blindness.