BBC Panorama has gained rare access to people inside Iran – telling the inside story of how their lives have been shaped by a year of war and anti-government protests.

In this episode, we hear from Samira, a mother whose 16-year-old daughter was killed during anti-government protests. Samira fled the country on foot, and now lives abroad in hiding.

We also hear about the medic who received patients injured by bullets as the regime cracked down on protests.

Months after the wave of protests swept through the country, what does dissent look like in Iran today? How has the war with the US and Israel affected opposition voices?

Iranian authorities acknowledge that more than 3,000 people were killed in the protests, but claim some were members of the security forces.

One human rights group, Hrana, however, estimates the number of dead stands at more than 7,000 – most of them protesters.

The Iranian embassy in London told Panorama that peaceful and legitimate protests had been hijacked by foreign powers, including the US, which promoted violence, provided weapons and equipment, and compromised public security.

00:00 Introduction
01:00 The mother who fled Iran after her daughter was killed in anti-government protests
03:19 The medic who treated injured protesters
05:26 What the US-Israel war meant for those demonstrating against the regime
09:15 What do protests in Iran look like today?
10:30 The risks for those speaking out and sharing their stories
11:15 What the Iranian authorities say about the allegations of using violence against protesters?

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Sir Ian McKellen has led tributes to Sir Patrick Stewart following his death at the age of 86, calling him “the most respected and beloved actor of his generation”.

Tributes to the renowned British actor have poured in since his death at his Los Angeles home after “a brief and poignant journey” with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy Body Dementia was announced on Thursday.

“He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and, in my case, love,” Sir Ian, Sir Patrick’s X-Men co-star, said.

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Pope Leo XIV’s recovery from surgery to remove a lower lobe of his lung is “progressing as expected”, his doctors have said.

The 71-year-old pontiff has started to walk and has “resumed a normal diet” following the roughly 90-minute procedure, the medics said in an update shared by the Vatican.

The Pope was diagnosed with lung cancer after the surgery at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, which the Vatican said had been “successful” and proceeded without complications.

Blood tests and an X-ray early on Wednesday showed his recovery was “proceeding normally”, the doctors said, and he has also undergone respiratory physiotherapy.

The pontiff is expected to remain there for about a week as he recovers.

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