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Multiple sources have told BBC Persian that bodies are being held in mortuaries and hospitals and that security forces will not release them unless their relatives hand over money.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

Earlier this week, a BBC investigation reported Ms Upton had been banned from entering any of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust's mortuaries and maternity wards for keeping the bodies of babies at her home.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

A funeral director has been banned from NHS maternity wards and mortuaries in Leeds after keeping babies' bodies at her home, a BBC investigation has revealed.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

The Gaza health ministry says it has also recently audited data in its official fatalities list from hospital mortuaries for errors and omissions.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025

A place of great open sunlit spaces, and streets of clean white-washed mortuaries, sweet with masses of growing flowers.

From Here, There and Everywhere by Hamilton, Frederick Spencer, Lord