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Iran Crackdown Intensifies With Reports of Close-Range Killings and Forced Burials

A nationwide internet blackout hinders verification of a security response that rights groups say has turned lethal.

Overview

  • Family and rights-group accounts say 23-year-old student Robina Aminian was shot at close range in the head in Tehran and later buried beside a road after authorities blocked a funeral.
  • HRANA reports at least 162 protesters killed over the past 15 days, with monitors documenting head and neck wounds and accounts of gunfire from rooftops.
  • Doctors describe hospitals overwhelmed with dead and wounded, including an eye hospital placed in crisis mode because of severe pellet injuries.
  • Iran’s conventional army announced it would guard strategic sites, and BBC Persian reported heavy reinforcements, checkpoints and a 6 p.m. curfew in Lushan and Chalus.
  • An internet and phone shutdown has entered a fourth day, and families say officials withheld bodies or forced burials without ceremonies.