The panic in Tehran is at its peak: the death penalty for those who photograph the damage of the attacks

These threats are far from theoretical, and the regime has already begun to enforce them with an iron fist. The police intelligence in Khuzestan province in the south of the country reported that 138 people were arrested in just 72 hours. According to the Iranian security authorities, the detainees are suspected of making contact with media organizations defined by Tehran as “hostile”.

These extreme repressive measures come at a critical time for the Islamic Republic. Since the waves of American-Israeli attacks began, which hit control centers, missile bases and nuclear facilities, the regime is facing unprecedented internal chaos. This, at the same time as the economic and political protests that broke out throughout the country at the end of 2025 and are still bubbling under the surface.

The decision to impose the death penalty for the simple act of taking a picture with a smartphone reflects the enormous level of anxiety in the Iranian elite. By cutting off the flow of information outside the country’s borders, Tehran hopes to create complete darkness that will prevent the world, and the Iranian public itself, from seeing the intensity of the human damage to its strategic infrastructure, while tensions in the region continue to escalate.