US EditionIran Crackdown Death Toll May Exceed 36,000, Leaked Documents Show
Rights groups report over 5,000 deaths amid Iran's crackdown as the UN Human Rights Council calls for accountability and documentation of abuses.
- 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.
256 Articles
256 Articles
In just two days, some 30,000 people could have died during the protests in Iran, according to two officials of the Iranian Ministry of Health who spoke with Time magazine. The publication pointed out that “so many people were massacred by the security services” on Thursday 8 and Friday 9 January that “drained the state’s ability to get rid of the dead.” The situation would have reached such a point that even the number of body bags was exhauste…
Iran may have killed over 30,000 protesters in two days: Report
The death toll of Iranian protesters may be far higher than originally thought, with a new estimate putting the figure at over 30,000. Beginning on Dec. 28, large protests broke out across Iran in response to deteriorating economic conditions, soon transforming into a protest against the Islamic government itself. The protests grew significantly over the following weeks, culminating in a brutal crackdown on Jan. 8 and Jan. 9. Due to a nationwide…
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…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 41% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
