US EditionIran Crackdown Death Toll May Exceed 36,000, Leaked Documents Show
Leaked hospital data compiled by Dr. Amir Parasta suggests over 30,000 deaths in just two days amid government efforts to suppress protests and control information.
- 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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Khamenei ordered brutal crackdown on protesters 'by any means necessary'
Units were deployed with shoot-to-kill orders, the officials said, and the number of casualties rose sharply in the days that followed. By Vered Weiss, World Israel News Security forces across Iran were ordered to fire without restraint after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei directed the Supreme National Security Council on Jan. 9 to suppress nationwide unrest “by any means necessary,” according to two Iranian officials briefed on the instruction, The New…
Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei promises this Sunday punishments "without any leniency" for the arrested demonstrators who will be found guilty. He promises "the utmost rigor" in the investigations.
The NGO Iran Human Rights states that the final number of deaths in the act may exceed 25,000
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