US EditionIran Protest Death Toll Rises to 200, Rebellion on a Knife Edge
An anonymous doctor reported 217 deaths in Tehran hospitals mostly by live ammunition as protests over economic decline and political demands intensify amid near-total internet blackout.
- An anonymous doctor in Tehran reported to TIME that six hospitals in Tehran recorded at least 217 deaths, many young, with bodies removed by authorities on Friday.
- Beginning December 28, mass protests erupted over worsening economic conditions including a collapsing currency and shortages, spreading across all 31 provinces and evolving into calls to overthrow Iran's Islamic leadership.
- A near-total internet and phone shutdown began Thursday night, while security forces allegedly opened fire with machine guns, including in Fardis where about 30 reportedly died.
- Tehran's prosecutor warned protesters could face the death penalty and officials said `If... a bullet hits you, don't complain`; U.S. President Donald Trump warned the regime it would `pay hell`.
- Past waves of arrests and executions frame the risks of a wider crackdown after the recent war, with more than 21,000 Iranians detained and dozens of executions ongoing.
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Fourteenth day of protests in Iran. Among buildings and cars burned down, masses marching in the streets, slogans for the skiing of Persia, 217 dead and thousands of arrests,...
According to the BBC, the hospitals in Tehran and Shiraz are in crisis mode, with hundreds of patients wounded to the head and eyes by law enforcement. And a doctor: 217 died only in the capital
The protests in Iran are escalating dramatically. A doctor reports 217 deaths in Tehran alone. Khamenei announces a tough course.
'217 killed': Doctor claims atrocities in Iran
Protests against Iran's ayatollah-led regime escalated on Thursday night, and according to testimonies, the response was lethal. The Tehran-based doctor claimed that the six hospitals alone documented at least 217 fatalities among demonstrators, the majority caused by live ammunition. If confirmed, the figures would point to the kind of violent crackdown international organisations had feared, particularly after the regime almost completely cut …
The Human Rights Activist News Agency reports at least 63 deaths since the start of the protests - "If you get hit by a bullet, don't complain afterwards," said a Revolutionary Guards official
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