US EditionIran Crackdown Death Toll May Exceed 36,000, Leaked Documents Show
Internal Iranian health data reveals up to 30,000 deaths during January 8-9 crackdown, far exceeding official toll of 3,117, highlighting overwhelmed state response.
- 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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Reports of killings, arrests and imprisonments are leaking out of Iran despite the internet blackout.
All of us have followed the repression of the Teerá regime to protesters in recent weeks. Thousands have been killed. All of us have also followed the radical actions of the ICE (Immigrant Control Agency) to take not only illegal immigrants in the United States, as well as refugees, but also two North American citizens have been killed.
Human rights organisations believe that the record could be much higher than the thousands of deaths already confirmed, while the verification work is complicated by the internet shutdown.
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