US EditionDeath Toll in Crackdown on Protests in Iran Spikes to at Least 538 , Activists Say
- On Sunday activists said a nationwide crackdown killed at least 538 people and Tehran warned the U.S. military and Israel would be `legitimate targets` if America intervenes.
- Protests began on Dec. 28 over the collapse of the Iranian rial, which trades at over 1.4 million to $1, and unrest broadened into challenges to Iran's theocracy.
- The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency reported over 10,600 detentions as NetBlocks said Iran's connectivity fell to just 1%, while videos via Starlink satellite transmitters showed bodies and morgue scenes.
- The White House has so far not announced decisions as President Donald Trump voiced support for protesters and U.S. officials weigh cyberattacks, strikes, and sanctions.
- Existing U.S. deployments complicate regional military options as Iran warns that U.S. military and Israel would be `legitimate targets` if force is used, amid Iran protests Sunday.
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At least 538 people have died in the protests that began in Iran on 28 December last due to the economic crisis and that have since been multiplying by more than 100 cities across the country, according to the NGO Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) this Sunday.This organization opposition to the regime of the Ayatollás, which operates from the United States, indicated that, of that number, 48 would be Iranian security personnel and 490 d…
Iran protests: Rights group says death toll reaches 500, Over 10,000 arrested
A U.S.-based rights group said it had verified the deaths of 490 protesters and 48 security personnel, with more than 10,600 people arrested in two weeks of unrest. State TV footage of dozens of body bags in Tehran said they were victims of events caused by 'armed terrorists'
The government of Iran has carried out a massacre by suppressing protests in the country, said an oenege on Sunday, on a day when the authorities called for demonstrations in support of the Islamic Republic and decreed three days of national mourning.
The country has been shaken by demonstrations of an unprecedented magnitude over the past three years. The human balance is worsening and the paralysis of daily life continues to increase.
538 people have lost their lives in the demonstrations that have been going on in Iran for two weeks. This is according to the Iranian human rights organization HRANA, which is headquartered in the US, writes Re...
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