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Iran Protests: Authorities Demanding Large Sums for Return of Protesters' Bodies, BBC Told
- On Thursday, families of people killed in Iran told BBC Persian that Iranian security forces and mortuary staff are demanding payments of a billion tomans in Tehran and 700 million tomans in Rasht to release bodies.
- Demonstrations began in the capital and spread to dozens of towns, turning against Iran's clerical rulers as protests escalated on Thursday with deadly force and detentions by Iranian security forces and Revolutionary Guard intelligence units.
- At Poursina Hospital, relatives said families guarded morgues and used private ambulances to recover bodies, while an unnamed woman learned of her husband's death only after a hospital call on 9 January.
- Unable to pay demanded fees, some families of victims left without bodies as hospital staff who made warning calls urged quick collection and Behesht-e Zahra mortuary officials in Tehran pressured claims of Basij paramilitary ties.
- Amid an internet and communications blackout, Human Rights Activists News Agency reports at least 2,435 protesters killed and 18,470 arrested, while Reuters and international human-rights groups cite similar figures.
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Total News Sources85
Leaning Left19Leaning Right11Center26Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Center
Bias Distribution
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46% Center
L 34%
C 46%
R 20%
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