US EditionIran Crackdown Death Toll May Exceed 36,000, Leaked Documents Show
- 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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Only during the 8 and 9 January demonstrations. The Time magazine cites Iranian officials (ANSA)
In Iran, according to "Time Magazine" information, the latest mass protests could have killed up to 30,000 people on two days alone.
Some 30,000 Iranian protesters may have been killed in two days, officials reportedly say
Two senior Iranian Health Ministry officials told Time magazine that so many protesters were killed between January 8 and 9 that the authorities ran out of body bags, using trucks instead of ambulances
Between 8 and 9 January, tens of thousands of people would be killed in Iran. "The black bags where the bodies were stored were finished"
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ORF.at NewsThe "Time-Magazin" refers to senior officials of the Iranian Ministry of Health. According to this, so many people were killed on January 8 and 9 that the state authorities were overwhelmed with the recovery and removal of the bodies. According to official accounts, there were 3117 dead in the uprisings.
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