Overview
- The New York Times, citing Iranian health officials, reported about 3,000 deaths linked to the protests.
- Reuters, quoting Iranian officials, put the death toll at roughly 2,000, a figure that includes security forces.
- The U.S.-based rights group HRA reported more than 640 deaths, highlighting a wide disparity that defies independent verification.
- Iranian authorities have restricted or cut internet access to control information, even as videos said to show bodies in morgues continue circulating on social media.
- Demonstrations that began over an economic crisis in December have swelled into a broader anti-government movement that has drawn forceful U.S. rhetoric and raised concerns about escalation.