Merlyn Thomas

EXCLUSIVE: Photos leaked to BBC Verify show the faces of hundreds killed in Iran’s brutal protest crackdown. The pictures, reveal the bloodied, swollen and bruised faces of at least 326 victims - including 18 women. @Shayan86 @GhonchehAzad bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@WesJBryant BBC Verify analysis suggests a medical clinic - which Iran's media says belonged to IRGC navy - was likely hit by the Tomahawk missile. The clinic is ~ 200m from the school. Smoke plumes are visible near the school before the missile hits, which suggests it had already been hit.

Former senior targeting advisor @WesJBryant added that the evidence for multiple strikes on the entire IRGC compound "is indicative of a deliberate and precise" US operation.

Expert analysis of new video shows a US Tomahawk missile hit a military base near a primary school in the southern Iranian town of Minab. Authorities said 168 people, including around 110 children, were killed. Reporting with @Shayan86 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

A newly published video shows that a US Tomahawk missile hit a medical clinic inside an IRGC base and near a primary school in the southern Iranian town of Minab where the authorities said 168 people, including around 110 children, were killed. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

We asked Iran's ambassador to the UK about his govt's brutal crackdown on its own people in Janaury, with the help of painstaking work from our colleagues @MerlynThomas and others - these were his answers... 👇

I thought I'd share a round-up of some of the reporting our team at BBC Verify has been working on this week as the US-Israel war with Iran unfolds. Recap below 🧵

@planet @DeptofWar "It is unlikely that the significant blast damage seen here was caused by an Iranian surface-to-air missile, which carry relatively small explosive warheads," Director of Armament Research Services @RogueAdventurer

@planet @DeptofWar news conference, posted an illustrative "First 100 hours" map. It marks the locations of US-Israeli strikes and Iranian air defences along the southern coast of Iran - which includes the area of Minab.

Satellite imagery reveals multiple strikes and burn marks on an Iranian school and nearby IRGC base, suggesting the area was hit more than once. With verified videos, it suggests "multiple simultaneous or near-simultaneous strikes" W/ @Shayan86 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

BBC Verify has pieced together verified videos, satellite imagery and expert views after a deadly attack near a primary school in Minab, souther Iran, which suggest the area was hit more than once "by multiple simultaneous or near-simultaneous strikes". bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

EXCLUSIVE: Photos leaked to BBC Verify show the faces of hundreds killed in Iran’s brutal protest crackdown. The pictures, reveal the bloodied, swollen and bruised faces of at least 326 victims - including 18 women. @Shayan86 @GhonchehAzad bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Photos leaked to BBC Verify show the faces of hundreds killed during Iran’s crackdown on anti-government protests. The images, too graphic to publish without blurring, show at least 326 victims, including 18 women. @MerlynThomas @Shayan86 @GhonchehAzad bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Exclusive: Hundreds of photos revealing the faces of those killed during Iran's violent crackdown on anti-government protests have been leaked to BBC Verify. With @MerlynThomas & @Shayan86 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

We've analysed new videos published by @Vahid that show rows of body bags at the Kahrizak mortuary in Tehran on 10 January. We've counted at least 186 bodies in one clip and at least 178 bodies in another, although the true figure is likely much higher. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The videos analysed by BBC Verify and BBC Persian, which are too graphic to show, contain some of the most shocking examples so far of how brutal the government's retaliation has been since the unrest began on 28 December. @Shayan86 @MerlynThomas @Vahid bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Rows of bodies, blood-soaked floors and desperate relatives searching for loved ones are seen in verified videos from a Tehran mortuary. We analysed the place where Iran’s brutal crackdown on protesters is laid bare. With @Shayan86 @GhonchehAzad bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…