US EditionHow Iran Crushed a Citizen Uprising with Lethal Force
Security forces shot thousands of protesters, causing at least 5,459 deaths and over 7,400 serious injuries, amid a brutal crackdown following Supreme Leader Khamenei's order.
- On January 9, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader, ordered the Supreme National Security Council to crush the protests by any means necessary, with officials saying security forces were told to `shoot to kill and show no mercy`.
- Scattered protests since late December began with strikes and economic grievances, involving many teenagers and people in their early 20s from diverse social backgrounds.
- Hospitals in Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan and Zanjan were swamped, treating about 70 gunshot victims per hour and facing shortages, while HRANA reported 7,402 serious pellet injuries and experts found close-range buckshot wounds.
- Reports from hospitals indicate that families faced demands for US$5,000 to US$7,000 to retrieve bodies, with some victims moved to Kahrizak while still alive, according to UN expert Mai Sato.
- With death tolls contested and arrests mounting, HRANA reports 5,937 deaths while official figures cite 3,117; over 40,000 detained amid a 17-day internet blackout.
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Iran's crisis: We can't look the other way
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No collapse, no reform: What next for Iran’s regime?
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Iran detaining protesters being treated in hospitals as part of crackdown, says UN expert
By Olivia Le Poidevin and Parisa HafeziGENEVA/DUBAI, Jan 26 (Reuters) - A U.N. expert on Iran said on Monday she had received reports of protesters linked to nationwide demonstrations being removed from hospitals and detained by Iranian security forces - a major violation of the right to medical care under international law.
‘Shoot to kill, crush without mercy’: Khamenei’s order and the horror testimonies fro
A threatening banner in Tehran warns the US as protests are crushed with live fire. Khamenei ordered security forces to suppress demonstrations ‘by any means necessary’, triggering a surge in deaths and harrowing accounts from Iranian doctors
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