Overview
- Iranian state television cited the Martyrs Foundation in reporting 3,117 people killed since the Dec. 28 unrest, with 2,427 described as civilians and security forces.
- Rights monitors say the toll is substantially higher, with HRANA reporting 4,519 to 4,902 confirmed deaths and thousands more under review, alongside roughly 26,300 arrests.
- Independent verification remains limited due to an ongoing internet shutdown, as rights groups document live fire by security forces and fast‑track prosecutions under charges that can carry the death penalty.
- Iran’s foreign minister warned the country would “fire back with everything we have” if attacked, as open‑source tracking shows the USS Abraham Lincoln and redeployed F‑15s moving toward the region.
- Iranian Kurdish group PAK in Iraq said a drone and rocket strike killed one of its members and wounded two, a claim Tehran has not acknowledged.