Akhlaghi recreates Iran's most notorious death scenes from the time before cameraphones, becoming an eyewitness to her nation's past. From the controversial poet who swerved her car to avoid a school bus and died in the process, to the mysterious end of Iran's beloved gold-medal wrestler, here's a selection of images from her astonishing series By An Eyewitness

• Part of Burnt Generation: Contemporary Iranian Photography, at Somerset House in London from 10 April to 1 June



• Atrocities revisited: Sean O'Hagan on Azadeh Akhlaghi