US EditionAt Least 6,126 People Killed in Iran’s Crackdown on Nationwide Protests, Activists Say
Human Rights Activists News Agency reports over 6,100 deaths and nearly 42,000 arrests amid Iran's longest internet blackout during nationwide protests.
- Activists said Tuesday that Iran's crackdown killed at least 6,126 people as the U.S. carrier group led by the USS Abraham Lincoln arrived in the region.
- The unrest began Dec. 28 after the rial plunged to 1.5 million to $1, with officials limiting subsidized rates and offering about $7 a month in relief.
- Rights monitors reported the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency confirmed 5,848 deaths and said arrests have exceeded 41,800 during the crackdown.
- Iran's government reported a death toll of 3,117, including 2,427 civilians and security forces labeled as `terrorists`, while authorities imposed a nationwide internet blackout lasting over two weeks.
- Some Iranian-backed militias and Hezbollah, led by Naim Qassem, signalled willingness to fight as Ambrey, private security firm, assessed the U.S. had positioned capability for kinetic operations Tuesday.
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Tehran wary of American bombs as memories of bloody crackdown still sting
Just weeks after thousands of Iranians were killed in a brutal crackdown on dissent, life in the capital appeared to be back in full swing here on Tuesday. But the air of normality masks an uneasy truth – that many here feel trapped between the Iranian government’s rhetoric and US President Donald Trump’s threats of military action.
Iran's crackdown has killed at least 6,159 people, activists say
Many others still are feared dead, activists said Tuesday, as a U.S. aircraft carrier group arrived in the Middle East to lead any American military response to the crisis. Iran's currency, the rial, meanwhile fell to a record low of 1.5 million to $1.
The new assessment of the organization HRANA, based in the United States, raised the number of deaths and detainees in the Persian country
Iranians detail 'bloodbath' crackdown said to have killed 5,700 protesters, as internet blockade eases
A giant banner depicting a U.S. aircraft carrier and the American flag was displayed at Enqelab (Revolution) Square in Tehran, Iran amid rising tensions between the United States and Iran on January 25, 2026. (Fatemeh Bahrami/Anado (LONDON) — As the internet blackout in Iran appears to be easing after weeks of protests across the country, the scale of the Islamic Republic regime’s bloodiest crackdown in decades is now being made public, accordin…
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