US EditionIran Crackdown Death Toll May Exceed 36,000, Leaked Documents Show
UN Human Rights Council extends mandate to investigate thousands of deaths amid Iran's harsh crackdown on protests, with estimates reaching up to 30,000 killed, rights groups say.
- An emergency session in Geneva on Jan 23 proposed extending a 2022 U.N. investigation and launching an urgent probe into unrest linked to violations that began on Dec 28.
- Rights groups say thousands of victims were killed, marking the biggest challenge to Iran's clerical government since 2022, while Payam Akhavan, former U.N. prosecutor, called the crimes unprecedented and evoked a `Nuremberg moment`.
- At least 50 countries backed the call for a special Human Rights Council session in a letter drafted by Iceland, while Iranian authorities blamed the unrest on `terrorists and rioters` and Iran's diplomatic mission did not immediately respond.
- Documenting alleged abuses aims to support potential future legal proceedings, with Payam Akhavan warning this evidence could set the stage for a "Nuremberg moment".
- Impact Iran said the session sends a strong message that the world is watching, amid a U.N. funding crisis that has stalled other probes.
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The Teheran regime would have been orchestrated by the most bloody mass mass of modern history, internal documents classified indicating the killing of more than 36,500 Iranians in just 48 hours, on 8 and 9 January. An Iran International investigation taken on the basis of the atrocious details, including extrajudicial executions of patients directly injured in hospitals and ambulances, while families are obliged to pay “tax for diamonds” to rec…
Only during the 8 and 9 January demonstrations. The Time magazine cites Iranian officials (ANSA)
The results of the unrest that shook Iran for weeks could exceed 30,000 dead, according to Time magazine. ...
In Iran, according to "Time Magazine" information, the latest mass protests could have killed up to 30,000 people on two days alone.
Some 30,000 Iranian protesters may have been killed in two days, officials reportedly say
Two senior Iranian Health Ministry officials told Time magazine that so many protesters were killed between January 8 and 9 that the authorities ran out of body bags, using trucks instead of ambulances
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